Christopher Harold Karl Wirth

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting three false claims totaling $168 for massage therapy to her employer's benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of 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 two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for submitting false claims to his employer's group benefit plan.

The member admitted to submitting $2,000 in false claims for medical products and splitting the proceeds with a colleague.

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

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct for failing to reposition a palliative patient, failing to wait for pain medication to take effect before providing care, and failing to maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient's family.

The College sought a 3-month suspension, while the Member sought a 1-month or no suspension.

The Discipline Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 2-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Nurse for multiple incidents of improper restraint and excessive force involving four vulnerable psychiatric patients.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that his conduct constituted physical, verbal, and emotional abuse, and was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 7-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including using inappropriate language with a colleague, failing to adequately assess and document after patient falls and allergic reactions, and verbally and emotionally abusing a patient.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed the admitted acts of professional misconduct.

As the Member had already permanently resigned his certificate of registration and undertaken never to reapply, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan for products and services not received.

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

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting $2,600 in false claims to her employer's benefit plan for orthopaedic footwear, wrist braces, and compression stockings.

The Member used two physicians' stamps without their knowledge or authorization to create false prescriptions for herself and her spouse.

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

The Member was ordered to receive an oral reprimand, serve a 4-month suspension, attend meetings with a regulatory expert, and notify employers of the decision for 12 months.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually harassing four co-workers and breaching patient privacy by taking and sharing photographs of patient health records without consent.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, noting that his behaviour was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 6-month suspension, remedial education, and a 24-month employer notification requirement.

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and physically abusing colleagues, threatening to withhold medication from a patient with dementia, and refusing to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and various remedial conditions.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims totaling $2,280 to her employer's group benefit plan and using a physician's stamp without authorization to support those claims.

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

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

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and 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 totaling $2,000 to his employer's group benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and 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 Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for submitting $4,350 in false claims to her employer's benefit plan.

The nurse used a physician's stamp without authorization to create fraudulent prescriptions for orthopedic footwear and compression stockings.

The nurse admitted to the allegations and entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct and ordered an oral reprimand, noting the nurse had already undertaken to permanently resign from the College.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling approximately $5,130 to her employer's benefit plan.

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 4-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the Member, a Registered Nurse, committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing a patient during a home care visit.

The allegations centered on a single incident where the Member allegedly inserted his fingers into the patient's vagina without clinical purpose while providing wound care.

The Discipline Committee assessed the credibility of the witnesses, noting significant inconsistencies in the testimonies of the patient and her husband.

Finding the Member's denial credible and consistent with other evidence, the Committee concluded the College failed to prove the allegations on a balance of probabilities and dismissed the case.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct after taking a photograph of a vulnerable, nude patient lying on the floor without consent and sharing it with colleagues in a WhatsApp group chat.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's actions constituted a breach of the standards of practice, emotional abuse, and dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, remediation with a regulatory expert, and 12 months of employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the respondent registered nurse committed professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan, totaling approximately $9,740.

The respondent admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that she misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and the imposition of terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate interactions with colleagues, including discussing his sex life, and failing to maintain boundaries with patients and their families, including providing his phone number to a patient, purchasing a blanket from a patient's daughter, and engaging in a personal relationship with a patient's daughter.

The Member admitted to the majority of the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and 18 months of 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 College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the Member, a Registered Nurse and former Director of Care, for preparing false vulnerable sector check request letters for herself and her sister.

The Member forged a colleague's signature on the letters and submitted them to the police.

The Discipline Committee proceeded in the Member's absence and found that she failed to meet the standards of practice and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for alleged sexual abuse and boundary violations involving a vulnerable psychiatric patient.

The nurse did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the nurse engaged in a sexual relationship with the patient, including sexual intercourse and sending sexually explicit text messages, both during his hospitalization and shortly after discharge.

The nurse also engaged in inappropriate communications with the patient's spouse.

The Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct, revoked her certificate of registration, ordered an oral reprimand, and required her to reimburse the College for any patient counselling funds accessed.