An aesthetic nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct in connection with allegedly keeping and supplying Botox treatment.
Mary Frances Nielsen was before a Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) fitness-to-practise inquiry.
She was found guilty of professional misconduct for a failure to educate herself with regard to several NMBI guidelines.
She was alleged to have supplied a prescription-only Botox treatment to Miss A on 9 June 2012, without a prescription.
It was also alleged that she kept the prescription-only drug on 26 July 2012.
A complaint was made by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, regarding Ms Nielsen and the requirements under legislation governing prescription drugs.
HPRA enforcement officer Brenda Kirby told the inquiry it received a leaflet, from an unknown source, advertising Botox in the Sligo area by Nielsen Aesthetics.
A search warrant was obtained and products were found at Ms Nielsen's residence along with five client-patient histories.
Ms Nielsen told the inquiry she was permitted to administer Botox in the UK and still provided the service there at a clinic.
She started in the specialty in 2007 and had a diploma in aesthetic nursing and had done a prescribing course.
Ms Nielsen said there was a lot of confusion about whether she could provide the service in Ireland.
She told the inquiry she believed she was qualified to do it.
She said she had received no specific information from the Nursing Board saying she could not administer Botox.
Ms Nielsen said she was a member of the British Association of Aesthetic Nurses.
Two of the three allegations were dropped by the inquiry.
