Ian McKinnon

The member, a registered practical nurse at a detox clinic, admitted to professional misconduct for sexually abusing and engaging in romantic relationships with two vulnerable patients.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the member's conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a 10-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, an oral reprimand, remedial education, and reimbursement to the College for patient therapy funding.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan for medical products and receiving non-medical products instead.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member contravened standards of practice, misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand in light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The Member, a registered nurse, was referred to the Discipline Committee for failing to cooperate with the College's Quality Assurance Committee and failing to complete a required practice assessment.

Despite multiple extensions and offers of accommodation, the Member failed to complete the requirements and subsequently practiced in violation of terms, conditions, and limitations placed on her certificate of registration.

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

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

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims for custom-made orthotics and orthopedic shoes to her employer's benefit plan, receiving $1,250 in reimbursement.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

A Joint Submission on Order was accepted, resulting in a reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $4,195 under her employer's benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member contravened standards of practice, misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including leaving a long-term care facility during a night shift without arranging alternative care, making medication documentation errors, and failing to document a physician's order and a conversation with a substitute decision-maker.

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 two-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct by engaging in benefit fraud over a four-year period, defrauding her employer of approximately $8,000.

At the penalty hearing, the Discipline Committee accepted a Partial Joint Submission on Order for a reprimand and conditions, but the parties contested the length of the suspension.

The Committee ordered a four-month suspension, emphasizing the need for general deterrence and noting the Member's failure to pay restitution as an aggravating factor.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Nurse Practitioner for failing to maintain the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.

The member engaged in a personal and romantic relationship with the spouse of a patient, who was also a former patient, and continued to provide care to the patient while involved with her spouse.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration, noting the mitigating factor that the member was a victim of domestic violence and manipulation by the former patient.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan.

The nurse admitted to participating in a scheme to submit fraudulent claims for support stockings, resulting in the misappropriation of $7,982.50.

While she admitted to contravening practice standards, misappropriating property, and engaging in dishonourable conduct, she disputed that the falsified records related to her practice or were signed in her professional capacity.

The Discipline Committee found that her actions were sufficiently connected to her employment as a nurse and her access to the benefit plan, concluding she committed professional misconduct on all five allegations.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct while employed at two group homes.

The Member failed to keep adequate records, failed to ensure a vulnerable patient received adequate meals and medications, and failed to provide sanitary living conditions.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by breaching standards of practice, abusing the patient physically and emotionally, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

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

The nurse, acting as a clinical supervisor for personal support worker students, examined a vulnerable elderly patient without consent, accessed her chart without authorization, and breached professional boundaries by allowing a kiss to occur.

The nurse admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct that was dishonourable and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the nurse had permanently resigned his membership and undertaken never to practice nursing in Ontario again.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to participate in and complete practice assessment requirements directed by the Quality Assurance Committee in 2013, 2014, and 2016.

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

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension (delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic), meetings with a regulatory expert, and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance program cycle.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct while working in a targeted engagement and diversion program.

The Member failed to document patient care, ignored calls for assistance, failed to secure a medication cart, delayed responding to overdose situations, and failed to assess a patient who later died.

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

The Member's certificate of registration was suspended for seven months, with conditions imposed upon her return to practice.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for repeatedly sending patients' personal health information via unsecure standard email, accessing a patient's financial information without consent, and storing confidential patient information on an unsecure, unencrypted USB drive for several years.

The Member also posted an unauthorized memo that contradicted management's infection control instructions.

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 four-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to participate in the College's Quality Assurance Practice Assessment and Practice Simulation in 2018 and 2019.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance program cycle.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for professional misconduct involving the physical, verbal, and emotional abuse of a vulnerable psychiatric patient on two occasions.

The Member admitted to using unnecessary force, including pushing and pinning the patient down, and making threatening remarks.

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

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 6-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.