Elizabeth Baker

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship with a psychiatric patient while employed at a hospital.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing the patient and violating professional boundaries.

The Member brought a Charter challenge, arguing that the mandatory revocation penalty discriminated against her on the basis of a mental disability.

The panel dismissed the Charter challenge, finding insufficient evidence that the Member suffered from a mental disability that affected her functioning at the time of the misconduct.

The panel ordered the mandatory penalty of revocation of the Member's certificate of registration and a reprimand.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for violating professional boundaries with a forensic mental health patient.

The Member admitted to maintaining a friendship, visiting, loaning money, and conducting banking transactions for the patient over several years, despite previous warnings from her employer and the College.

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 nine-month suspension, a reprimand, and the completion of a remedial workbook on therapeutic boundaries.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for misappropriating Demerol for personal use while suffering from a migraine, and subsequently falsifying patient records to conceal the theft.

The nurse admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a 30-day suspension of her certificate of registration and a formal reprimand.