A B.C. nurse has agreed to a four-week suspension of her licence after breaching conditions the provincial regulator had imposed last year to address practice concerns. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives pubished a discipline order against Rubylyn Dodwell on Sept. 8 after she admitted to breaching an existing consent agreement. According to the regulator, the breaches occurred in November 2025 and included failing to disclose an additional employer. Dodwell also did not tell that employer about the existing suspension and restrictions on her practice, according to the order. The regulator said she also breached several conditions, including requirements that she not work more than regular full-time hours, work night shifts without supervision, work with clients who had as-needed narcotics ordered, or supervise unregulated care providers during night shifts. In addition, the regulator found Dodwell worked a night shift while serving a suspension, contrary to the existing consent agreement. The BCCNM said the breaches were admitted and that Dodwell provided context about difficult personal circumstances at the time and expressed remorse. “Breaches of consent agreements are considered serious by the college as it is a breach of the trust which underpins the relationship between a regulator and a regulated health professional,” the regulator wrote. Original practice concerns The original consent agreement addressed concerns about Dodwell’s practice between December 2023 and May 2024, including the delegation of tasks to unregulated staff, medication administration, documentation and unprofessional communication in the workplace. The college said Dodwell’s conduct was “unsatisfactory with respect to professional and practice standards” covering working with health-care assistants, the duty to provide care, documentation, medication, ethical practice, responsibility and accountability, and client-focused service. Under that agreement, Dodwell voluntarily agreed to a five-day suspension, limits and conditions on her practice, consultations with the college’s standards and guidance team, and remedial education. The subsequent breaches resulted in the new four-week suspension, which took effect Sept. 8.
