On June 19, 2026, Kristine Sumalinog consented to a discipline order directed by the Investigation Committee to resolve misconduct that occurred in May 2025. The respondent licensee admitted to having accessed the medical records of a person not in her care on one occasion and consented to a seven-day suspension of her licence and a remedial activity.
In making this order, the Investigation Committee considered that the privacy of medical records is core to the trust that clients and others must be able to place in nurses. Privacy breaches violate that trust and can be assumed to harm both the nurse–client relationship and the sense of safety for anyone whose privacy was breached. The Investigation Committee was of the view that the ability of nurses to only access medical records for work-related purposes is core to the integrity of the nursing profession.
The Investigation Committee also considered that the respondent licensee had no previous disciplinary record, made full admissions, engaged in remedial actions, and gained no advantage from her conduct.
A copy of the discipline order can be found here.