A nurse who allegedly left patient records lying in full view in his car faces being struck off.
The accusation is just one of a string of charges faced by Alan Reid in relation to his professional competence.
Reid will attend a hearing at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in Edinburgh next month to determine whether he can continue in the industry.
The NMC charges claim he was working in the community, based from Crieff and Comrie medical centres, when he left the medically-sensitive documents in his vehicle.
It is said the confidential papers were on view at the time of the incident, on November 21 2012.
It is also alleged that he made errors in the reporting procedure for medical mistakes.
On October 29 2012, he is alleged to have failed to report a colleague’s error in relation to the application of a painkiller patch.
It is said he told neither the charge nurse nor the patient’s GP that the drug had been given a day later than prescribed. It is also alleged that he failed to record this in the patient’s notes and failed to complete an incident form.
Reid faces additional charges from time spent working at the Cornhill Macmillan Unit in Perth Royal Infirmary.
It is said that on April 20 2012 he told colleagues a man was to be resuscitated if necessary, when, in fact, the man had signed a “do not resuscitate” order.
Reid also allegedly failed to record the existence of the order in the man’s notes.
It is further alleged that, on the same date, Reid failed to note that a patient had been given 10mg of Cetirizine and also failed to retrospectively update the notes the following day.
It is alleged between October 22 and December 10 2013 that he failed to tell his new employers, Allied Healthcare, that he was being investigated by the NMC or that an interim Conditions of Practice Order had been placed on him.
He is also accused of failing to inform the NMC within seven days of October 22 2013 that he had taken up a nursing role with Allied Healthcare.