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Speech-language pathologist reprimanded and suspended for entering into a sexual relationship with a former patient.
The College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in a sexual relationship with a former patient shortly after their therapeutic relationship ended.
The member admitted to the allegations and the panel found she engaged in professional misconduct.
The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty and costs, ordering a public reprimand, a four-month suspension (with three months remitted upon completion of an ethics and boundaries remediation program), a two-year monitoring period, and $5,000 in costs.
The panel noted the member's cooperation, lack of prior disciplinary history, and proactive completion of the remediation program as mitigating factors.
Human rights application against veterinary college dismissed as disciplinary proceedings are protected by adjudicative immunity.
The applicant, a veterinarian, filed a human rights application alleging that the College of Veterinarians of Ontario discriminated against him on the basis of race, colour, place of origin, ethnic origin, and creed during ongoing disciplinary proceedings.
The applicant alleged selective prosecution and that the College's Discipline Committee wrongfully prevented him from raising discrimination issues.
Following a summary hearing, the Tribunal dismissed the application, finding no reasonable prospect of success.
The Tribunal held that the Discipline Committee's evidentiary and procedural rulings were protected by adjudicative immunity and the doctrine of collateral attack.
Furthermore, the applicant's allegations regarding the Complaints Committee's referral had already been dismissed in a previous application, making re-litigation an abuse of process.
Speech-language pathologist reprimanded and fined $1,000 for unauthorized access to patient health records.
The member, a speech-language pathologist, admitted to professional misconduct for inappropriately accessing the personal health information of patients not under her care at the Ottawa Hospital.
The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member committed professional misconduct by contravening the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 and hospital policy.
The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a $1,000 fine, and publication of the decision with the member's name.
Speech-language pathologist suspended for one month for failing to maintain proper client records.
The member, a speech-language pathologist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain appropriate client records and for using an unregistered name in her practice.
Following a motor vehicle accident, the member's employer discovered that many client records were missing, incomplete, or kept at her home.
The member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts.
The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct.
The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension, the completion of a 1,000-word paper on record-keeping, and $500 in costs.
Speech-language pathologist reprimanded and named publicly for retaliatory magazine subscriptions against a complainant.
The member pleaded guilty to professional misconduct after initiating magazine subscriptions in the name of a complainant whose previous complaint against the member had been dismissed.
The Discipline Committee found the member guilty.
During the penalty phase, the panel denied a request for standing from the complainant's counsel.
The panel also rejected a joint submission on penalty that proposed withholding the member's name from the public register, finding that publication was necessary for general deterrence and public accountability.
The member was reprimanded, ordered to pay $1,500 in costs, and her name was published.
