RN Taylor R. Colmon admits to key allegations; hearing moves to executive session for sealed health records

The Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing heard the case of Taylor R. Colmon, RN (petition no. 2025-307), on April 16, 2025. Attorney Anthony Nanny represented the Department of Public Health. The respondent, who said she was not represented by counsel and chose to proceed, was placed under oath and answered the board’s statement of charges.

During the hearing the respondent admitted several numbered paragraphs in the statement of charges, including that she holds Connecticut registered nurse license number 127553 and that on or about Feb. 21, 2025, she reported for a shift at Middlesex Hospital while under the influence of alcohol. The respondent also admitted she had abused alcohol and that the conduct may affect her practice. Regarding prior discipline, Colmon admitted that on Feb. 5, 2025, the board had entered a consent order in the respondent’s prior petition that placed her license on probation for four years with conditions including no use of alcohol and random, observed urine screens.

Colmon made a brief statement to the board: “I deeply regret the decisions I made that day. And those are decisions I'm gonna have to think about every day for the rest of my life,” and she said she is “hoping…to remain summarily suspended and hopefully continue to provide negative testing so that I can potentially earn the opportunity to have a consent order back.”

The department presented and the respondent did not object to most exhibits. The board admitted board exhibits 1–4 (notice of hearing, tracking, statement of charges, and order of summary suspension). The department’s exhibits DPH 1–18 were entered into evidence; several documents that contain confidential health information (including blood alcohol and hospital records, medical review officer analyses, and treatment reports) were admitted under seal.

Because witnesses and testimony would involve sensitive health information and sealed exhibits, the board voted to move into executive session. Chair Gina Reiner made the motion to go into executive session; Elizabeth seconded and the board took a roll-call vote. Members Cindy, Mary, Lisa, Elizabeth, Diane and Reiner recorded ayes; the motion passed and the board entered executive session to consider protected medical information and monitoring records.

The hearing record shows the department signaled it would call the monitoring investigator and other witnesses; the respondent indicated she had hospital documentation and negative tests she could present. The board paused the public portion of the hearing to consider sealed evidence in executive session.

No final disciplinary remedy was recorded in the public record during the time covered by the transcript; the board’s next public action will depend on evidence reviewed in executive session and any further testimony or motions that follow.