Abdul Patel

The Member, a Nurse Practitioner, faced allegations of professional misconduct for prescribing controlled substances (Lorazepam and Codeine) without authorization and misappropriating approximately $19,000 in public funds from a Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic to benefit family and friends.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various remedial terms and conditions on his certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who had been found guilty of two separate criminal assaults and failed to report the second finding of guilt to the College.

The member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, including engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, and terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for failing to provide appropriate care to a psychiatric client who suffered an anxiety attack and was later found vital signs absent.

The Member failed to follow a physician's order for constant observation, failed to document his checks, and delayed initiating a Code Blue and CPR when the client was found unresponsive.

The client subsequently died.

The Member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and remedial terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for practising nursing while her certificate of registration was suspended and for making false statements on her annual renewal form.

The matter proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, noting her persistent disregard for the regulatory process.

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering an oral reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Nurse Practitioner, admitted to professional misconduct for failing to participate in the College's Quality Assurance program, prescribing testosterone (a controlled substance) without authorization, and failing to document her assessment and treatment of two clients.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert, a mentorship arrangement, and mandatory participation in the Quality Assurance program.

The Member's subsequent appeal to the Divisional Court was dismissed.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Nurse Practitioner for failing to participate in a Quality Assurance practice assessment, prescribing controlled substances outside her authorized scope, falsifying prescriptions by adding a physician's name without authorization, and failing to comply with a previous alternative dispute resolution agreement.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a nine-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered nurse, pled guilty to assault and subsequently submitted a self-reporting form to the College falsely describing the offence as a 'bar fight'.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a nine-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered nurse working in a correctional facility, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a pregnant inmate.

The Member admitted to failing to adequately assess and monitor the client, who ultimately delivered a baby in her cell, and failing to inform her employer that she was not competent to care for pregnant clients without supervision.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

Following a finding of professional misconduct for sexually harassing four coworkers, the Discipline Committee held a penalty hearing for the Member.

The College sought a five-month suspension, reprimand, and conditions, while the Member argued for no suspension or a short 30-day suspension, citing mitigating factors and character evidence.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, two meetings with a nursing expert, and 18 months of employer notification.

The Committee emphasized the seriousness of the conduct, the Member's lack of remorse, and the need for specific and general deterrence.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for falsifying annual payment cards and membership renewal receipts to misrepresent herself as a Registered Nurse.

She also applied for and worked in a Registered Nurse position and arranged with a co-worker to falsify time records.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission, ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of sexually harassing five co-workers at a long-term care facility.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member engaged in professional misconduct by sexually harassing four of the five co-workers through unwanted physical contact, inappropriate comments, and asking a co-worker on a date after she declined.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The allegation regarding the fifth co-worker was dismissed due to insufficient evidence.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to breaching client confidentiality by allowing her partner to accompany her on home visits, inappropriately disclosing personal financial difficulties to a client, accepting a $700 gift from the client, and failing to secure the client's narcotics, which allowed her partner to steal them.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, finding the nurse committed professional misconduct.

The nurse was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for four months, and conditions were imposed on her practice.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including soliciting money from vulnerable clients, failing to administer medications while charting that they were given, and practising and using the title of Registered Practical Nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various conditions on her certificate, but declined to order financial restitution to a client, finding it lacked jurisdiction under the Regulated Health Professions Act to do so.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to his care of five clients.

The College and the Member presented an Agreed Statement of Facts, admitting that the Member failed to properly assess and document care, failed to obtain informed consent before touching clients' intimate areas, and breached therapeutic boundaries.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct including stealing prescription pads, forging prescriptions for Oxycodone, and billing for home care client visits that he did not attend.

He also failed to disclose his criminal convictions to his employers.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for eight months, and conditions were imposed, including a 24-month prohibition on independent community practice.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a member for practising as a registered nurse, using the title 'RN', and performing controlled acts (administering injections) while her certificate of registration was suspended for non-payment of fees over an eight-year period.

The member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts characterizing her conduct as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Discipline Committee found the conduct to be dishonourable and unprofessional, but rejected the admission that it was disgraceful, finding insufficient evidence that it shamed the profession or demonstrated a lack of moral fitness.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension, and remedial terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The member faced a disciplinary hearing after being found guilty of criminal fraud over $5,000 for improperly using her employer's corporate credit card to defraud them of approximately $30,000.

The member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty and ordered the revocation of the member's certificate of registration, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence for breaches of trust.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for failing to report findings of professional misconduct made against her by the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA).

The Member had been disciplined in Alberta for theft and falsification of records, but failed to disclose these proceedings on her Ontario annual renewal form.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, noting that the obligation to self-report continues even while a certificate of registration is suspended.

The Committee ordered a five-month suspension to commence upon any future reinstatement, along with strict monitoring conditions.

The Member, a registered practical nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including administering unprescribed medication, inappropriately restraining a client, failing to document care, and removing a CD containing client photographs from a facility.

The Member admitted to the allegations and an Agreed Statement of Facts was presented.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including misappropriating a box of gloves, falsifying employment history on resumes, and multiple instances of substandard patient care such as medication errors and failure to assess clients.

The Member admitted to the allegations through an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and extensive remedial terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.