Rafferty v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Ann Marie Rafferty petitions for review of a State Board of Nurse Examiners order revoking her license. We reverse.

While Nurse Rafferty was on duty in the NeuroIntensive Care Unit of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, a comatose patient under her care died.1 She was charged with violations of various Board *605regulations.2 Following a hearing, the Board found that Rafferty’s violations under The Professional Nursing Law3 were sufficient to revoke her professional license.

This Court must affirm the decision of a Commonwealth agency unless there has been…