Colleen Stamp fined $1K for accessing patient records

A former Eastern Health nurse who illegally accessed patient records has been fined $1,000.

Colleen Stamp, formerly known as Colleen Weeks,was fired from the province's largest health authority in 2012 after an audit revealed she was one of 11 employees accused of illegally accessing patient records.

In September, she was found guilty of accessing personal records 18 times over a 12-month period.

Stamp, who was a triage nurse at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, was originally charged with 122 counts of privacy breach, but 105 of those charges were thrown out for falling outside time limitations.

She told CBC News in 2012it was a frequent occurrence for health authority staff to look at patient files without authorization.

Stamp, 40, was found guilty on one count of breaching the provinces Personal Health Information Act (PHIA).