An Ontario nurse who killed eight seniors in her care has been found guilty of professional misconduct by the province's nursing regulator.
A five-person disciplinary panel at the College of Nurses of Ontario says the case of Elizabeth Wettlaufer involves the most egregious and disgraceful conduct it has ever seen.
In June, Wettlaufer pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of eight seniors, attempted murder of four others and aggravated assault of two more people, all by way of insulin overdoses.
She confessed to the murders while at a psychiatric hospital in Toronto in the fall before detailing the crimes to police in Woodstock, Ont.
The college of nurses knew Wettlaufer was fired from the Caressant Care nursing home in Woodstock for a medication error in 2014, but she continued to work - and harmed patients - until she resigned as a nurse in September 2016.
The disciplinary panel has deemed Wettlaufer's conduct unprofessional, dishonourable and disgraceful and is considering revoking her certification as part of a sentence that it will deliver on Tuesday afternoon.