On Jan. 21, 2026, a panel of the Inquiry Committee approved a consent agreement between BCCNM and Edgardo Santiago of Langford to address practice issues that occurred in 2024 and 2025 related to accessing patient records after having provided care and the patients had been discharged, and breaching the terms of a prior consent agreement by failing to notify BCCNM of changes to their employment circumstances, as required.
The college views the privacy of a person's health information as sacrosanct. Individuals have a right to assume that their information is kept private and everyone in the health care system has an obligation to protect that information. Only individuals who are “inside the circle of care" should access patient records as privacy of patient health information is a fundamental rule and a universal value.
Consent agreements are an important aspect of the college's public protection mandate and all registrants are expected to abide by any terms they have agreed to with their regulator.
The registrant has voluntarily agreed to terms equivalent to a limit and/or condition on their practice, including:
- A suspension of their registration for seven months; and
- A limit on their nursing registration for a period of six months requiring the registrant to provide monthly independent confirmation that no privacy concerns have arisen.
The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that the terms will address the professional and practice concerns that arose and will protect the public.