Another BC nurse suspended for snooping medical records

A BC nurse who spent a year and a half intentionally snooping on medical records has been suspended for four weeks.

According to a Feb. 2 BC College of Nurses and Midwives decision, licensed practical nurse Harold Jay Ayadi accessed medical records on a “non-random” basis between January 2024 and June 2025.

The College said Ayadi also failed to safeguard login credentials and accessed his own medical records. 

“The conduct was unsatisfactory,’ the College said in the decision. “Nurses are accountable for their nursing decisions, actions, and professional conduct. Nurses must meet these standards in providing care to patients.”

The nursing regulator said Ayadi’s conduct failed to meet its standards in terms of privacy and confidentiality, responsibility and accountability, and ethical practice.

The College lists Ayadi as working at the Surrey Memorial Hospital, but the decision doesn’t say how many medical records Ayadi looked at or give any reason why he did so. There’s also no reason given as to how he managed to snoop on records for 18 months before being caught.

Ayadi is the second nurse this year to have been suspended for snooping on medical records.

Over the last few years, multiple nurses have been caught and suspended for peeking at medical records they had no right to. 

In January, a BC nurse was suspended for seven months for looking at medical records and other infractions.

In 2024, an Interior Health nurse was suspended for four months after the College said she had a “wanton disregard” for patient privacy and “no remorse.”

A West Kelowna nurse, in 2023, was suspended for 10 weeks for accessing confidential medical records and then sending harassing text messages.

The penalties come after former Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy released a report which said that confidential health records were “disturbingly” vulnerable to leaks.