Amy Block

The College of Chiropodists of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the registrant for prescribing orthotics without adequate assessment, failing to maintain proper records, and engaging in rude and discourteous behaviour towards a patient and an insurance representative.

The registrant admitted the allegations and undertook to permanently resign her certificate of registration.

The Discipline Tribunal accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and $29,000 in costs.

The registrant admitted to professional misconduct for validating insurance claims for orthotics dispensed by clinic staff and non-registrants, falsifying patient records, and providing false information to an insurance company.

Prior to the hearing, the registrant undertook to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The Discipline Tribunal accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and $8,000 in costs, finding that the permanent resignation adequately protected the public and the penalty did not bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

Professional discipline decision concerning a dentist who admitted breaching a prior Discipline Committee order that permanently restricted him from performing implant dentistry.

The panel found professional misconduct proved on an agreed statement of facts, including pre-suspension and post-suspension breaches and the registrant's failure to seek clarification of the restriction despite prior discipline history.

Applying the stringent public-interest test for joint submissions, the panel accepted a jointly proposed penalty consisting of a reprimand, a consecutive 10-month suspension, suspension conditions, an ethics course, practice monitoring, and costs.

A publication restriction was ordered protecting the identity of patients.

The College discipline panel found a registrant social worker guilty of professional misconduct for making sexualized remarks to two vulnerable teenage clients during school counselling sessions.

Applying the balance of probabilities to an agreed statement of facts and admissions, the panel held the conduct breached professional standards, constituted sexual abuse within the governing statute, and amounted to disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

A publication ban was granted to protect the clients’ identities and identifying school information.

The panel accepted a joint submission imposing a reprimand, publication of the finding and order, and $5,000 in costs, noting the registrant had permanently surrendered his certificate and undertaken never to practise again.

The registrant admitted to professional misconduct for failing to meet practice standards and keep adequate records when prescribing orthotics.

The College and the registrant presented a joint submission on penalty, which included a net four-month suspension, coursework, practice supervision, and a reprimand.

The Tribunal accepted the joint submission, finding that the proposed penalty was proportionate to similar cases and did not bring the administration of the professional discipline system into disrepute.

The registrant was also ordered to pay $23,000 in costs.

In a professional discipline hearing, the panel found professional misconduct where a social service worker developed boundary-crossing interactions with a vulnerable addiction client during counselling and entered into a personal and sexual relationship less than eight months after the counselling relationship ended.

The panel held that the admitted facts established conflicts of interest, exploitation, sexual misconduct, and conduct reasonably regarded as disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional under the governing statute, regulation, and practice standards.

A publication ban protecting the client’s identity was granted under s. 28(7).

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty and ordered reprimand, revocation, a five-year prohibition on reapplying for registration, publication of the finding and order, and $5,000 in costs.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for breaching an undertaking to permanently resign and cease practicing chiropody.

Despite the undertaking, the Member continued to practice, use the restricted title of 'Dr.', and hold himself out as a podiatrist.

The Member admitted to the allegations in an uncontested hearing.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, and costs of $23,000.