A BC nurse who stands accused of swiping roughly 300 doses of narcotics has had her licence temporarily suspended while under investigation.

According to a June 11 BC College of Nurses and Midwives summary protection order, registered nurse Natasha Flavel is alleged to have taken more than 200 doses of hydromorphone, along with vials of injectable fentanyl, morphine and numerous other narcotics.

“There is a (likely) case of potential drug diversion, including dishonesty and a lack of professional responsibility or accountability,” the College said in the notice.

The nursing regulator says Flavel signed off on 86 records and narcotics inventory logs, which show irregularities.

The alleged theft is said to have taken place between February 2025 and April 2026, when Flavel was working for the Nisga’a Valley Health Authority.

She had previously been placed on conditions last year and was not supposed to have been practicing between April and August last year.

“The BC College of Nurses and Midwives is concerned that (Flavel) worked without proper registration status during that period at Nisga’a Valley Health Authority,” the decision reads.

Last November, while working for the Northern Health Authority, she signed a consent agreement with the College admitting to “documentation and medication handling deficits” and was barred from working nights and placed under supervision, including audits of her narcotics handling.

The nursing regulator says it is concerned that Flavel never disclosed to the Nisga’a Valley Health Authority that she’d been under investigation and had signed a consent agreement. The College also believes she may have had access to narcotics and other controlled substances while not being monitored or audited.

In early June, Flavel was told she was under investigation and “generally denied” the concerns.

She was due to start work in the Terrace Health Unit in early June, but had her licence suspended.

The College said the only option to protect the public is to suspend Flavel’s licence while the investigation is underway, as she has breached all previous agreements.

“She has proven a lack of governability for very similar and serious practice concerns over time,” the College said.

The information provided by the College is the first to be published since the Health Professions and Occupations Act came into effect on April 1. The new legislation was said to increase transparency and accountability. The information shared by the College is vastly different from that under the old legislation, which was often vague and contained few details, and on many occasions names were redacted.

None of the allegations have yet been proven by the regulator.