Jim Marinow

The registrant, a massage therapist, admitted to professional misconduct for inappropriately touching a patient's gluteal and pubic areas without written consent and failing to appropriately address her distress.

The Discipline Tribunal found that he contravened College standards, physically abused the patient, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Tribunal accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, an eight-month suspension, remedial coursework, and costs of $5,852.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The member had signed an Undertaking, Agreement and Acknowledgment in which he irrevocably resigned from the College and undertook never to teach again in Ontario.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal of allegations in light of the permanent resignation protected the public interest and spared the College the expense of a contested hearing where the involved student did not wish to participate.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought a motion to withdraw allegations of professional misconduct against the member.

The member had signed a Resignation, Undertaking and Acknowledgment, irrevocably surrendering her teaching certificate and agreeing never to teach in Ontario again.

The Discipline Committee granted the motion, finding that the withdrawal protected the public interest and spared vulnerable young witnesses from the anxiety of testifying.

The discipline tribunal accepted a joint submission imposing a reprimand, immediate revocation, and costs after the registrant admitted practising massage therapy and issuing receipts while suspended.

The tribunal applied the Anthony-Cook public interest test for joint submissions and held the proposed penalty was not contrary to the public interest.

The misconduct was found to be deliberate, repeated, long-standing, and financially motivated, occurring over multiple suspension periods and against a background of prior discipline and persistent regulatory non-compliance.

The tribunal concluded the registrant was ungovernable and that revocation was necessary to protect the public and maintain confidence in the profession's discipline system.

The Member, a high school teacher, pled guilty to professional misconduct, including sexual abuse and sexual misconduct, involving two students.

The Member developed inappropriate personal relationships with the students, propositioned one for sexual activity, and shared details of her sexual preferences with the other.

The Member also pled guilty criminally to assaulting one of the students.

The Discipline Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a written reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's teaching certificate, as mandated by the Ontario College of Teachers Act for findings of sexual abuse.