DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS v. JEFFRESS

No. 90 CA 2189.

593 So.2d 680 (1991)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, HUEY P. LONG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. Lelia M. JEFFRESS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard N. Torry, Staff Atty., Dept. of Social Services, Bureau of Legal Services, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Samuel H. Craven, Alexandria, for appellee.

Robert R. Boland, Jr., Civ. Service General Counsel, Dept. of State Civ. Service, Baton Rouge, for Herbert L. Sumrall, Director, Dept. of State Civ. Service.

Before WATKINS, CARTER and FOIL, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

This is an appeal by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Huey P. Long Regional Medical Center in Pineville, Louisiana, (Hospital), from a decision of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission) which reversed a disciplinary action against Lelia M. Jeffress, a civil service registered nurse. We affirm.

Nurse Jeffress received a 30-day suspension after an incident involving an HIV-positive (AIDS) patient in the labor and delivery unit...

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