Neil Hillier

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan for products she did not receive or that were not covered.

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 a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting approximately $10,000 in false claims to her employer's group benefit plan over a six-year period.

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 and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for egregious boundary violations, misappropriation of medication, and practising while suspended.

The nurse moved into the homes of two palliative patients' families, fabricated elaborate stories about her personal life, accepted a $15,000 gift, and misappropriated controlled substances.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct, characterizing her behaviour as predatory, dishonourable, and disgraceful.

The Committee revoked her certificate of registration, ordered an oral reprimand, and imposed a $15,000 fine to deprive her of the financial benefit of her misconduct.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims totaling at least $12,920 to her employer's benefit plan for physiotherapy services not received.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by allowing false claims for physiotherapy services to be submitted to her employer's benefit plan, resulting in at least $11,040 being paid out.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan, receiving $3,025.47 in monetary payments or store credits for items not covered by the plan.

The Member admitted to the allegations, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 3-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan between 2013 and 2017, receiving approximately $6,420.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting that the Member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting 485 false claims under his employer's benefit plan, receiving $34,667.45 for services not rendered.

When investigated, the Member forged receipts to substantiate the false claims.

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

The Member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for 5 months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on his certificate.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims for support stockings under her employer's group benefit plan between 2012 and 2016, receiving $4,695.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for stealing $125 from a vulnerable patient's room at a retirement residence and failing to report the resulting criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The Member admitted to the allegations and pled guilty to two counts of theft under $5000 in criminal court.

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and various conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification requirements.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of a patient, boundary violations, and privacy breaches.

The nurse admitted to the allegations, which involved engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient, sending inappropriate text messages, and sharing photographs of other patients without consent.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct, revoked his certificate of registration, ordered an oral reprimand, and required him to reimburse the College up to $5,000 for patient counselling.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appropriately de-escalate a patient in a mental health unit, using improper physical restraint techniques, and physically abusing the patient.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that he placed his knee on the patient's back and tapped the patient's head while the patient was restrained on the floor.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with the mother of a pediatric patient while providing home care.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member breached professional boundaries, emotionally abused the patient, and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct, alleging verbal, physical, and emotional abuse of vulnerable patients at a long-term care facility, as well as inappropriate comments about a colleague.

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

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 5-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario requested an adjournment sine die of the allegations contained in the first of three Notices of Hearing against the member.

The College submitted that proceeding with the first Notice of Hearing was not in the public interest given the resources required and because the second Notice of Hearing carried a statutory requirement for revocation, which would adequately protect the public.

The Discipline Committee agreed and granted the adjournment sine die.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse who was found guilty of possessing child pornography and breaching an undertaking not to access the internet.

The member also failed to report these criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

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

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and that his certificate of registration be immediately revoked.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to abide by a written undertaking with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The Member admitted to accepting employment with multiple employers, including staffing agencies, without disclosing his practice restrictions or arranging for required workplace monitoring.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for unauthorized access to the electronic medical records of approximately 318 patients and for misappropriating medication from patients' homes during visits that lacked a clinical purpose.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, characterizing her actions as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 7-month suspension, and imposed conditions on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to complete a Remediation Program ordered by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a one-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and the imposition of terms, conditions, and limitations requiring meetings with a regulatory expert.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including medication errors, falsifying patient records, failing to document the use of restraints, and collecting short-term disability benefits while working for another employer.

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 penalty, ordering a 7-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.