UPDATE 12/30/11
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man accused of sexually assaulting a patient at a local hospital while he was employed there -- waived his preliminary hearing today.

Travis Burdette is charged with two counts of sexual assault.

He was arrested last week.

The assaults were reported when Burdette was an employee at Cabell Huntington Hospital.

He is no longer an employee there -- and is currently in jail.

The case has been turned over to the grand jury.

Huntington Police arrested Travis Scott Burdette, 36, of Salt Rock, Thursday on two counts of sexual assault.

They say he sexually assaulted an elderly female patient at the hospital twice over the weekend.

According to the criminal complaint, Burdette had sex with the patient without her consent.

Burdette told a magistrate during his arraignment Thursday afternoon that he is no longer an employee at the hospital. At the time of the incident, he was working as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

WSAZ has contacted Cabell Huntington Hospital for a statement. They said they will be releasing one soon.

Burdette faces 20 to 50 years behind bars and is being held in lieu of $300,000 cash-only bail.

Burdette was given a restraining order to stay off hospital property, in case he was able to post his bail.

Cabell Huntington Hospital released the following statement in response:
“We are currently assisting the Huntington Police Department in an investigation of an incident that occurred at our hospital.

At the appropriate time, we will have more to say.”