Delaware Board of Nursing, Appellee Below, Appellant v. Michele Bice Gillespie, Appellant Below, Appellee

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court's reversal of the Board of Nursing's two-year suspension of Michele Gillespie's nursing licenses. It held that the child-abuse reporting statute was ambiguous and, when read in context and under noscitur a sociis and ejusdem generis, required covered professionals to report information learned in their professional roles, not solely in a family context. Because Gillespie's failure to report did not violate the statute and the Board identified no other basis for discipline, substantial evidence did not support the sanction.