Christopher Harold Karl Wirth

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan between 2015 and 2017.

The Member submitted claims for massage therapy and shoe modifications that were not received, obtaining store credit for non-orthopaedic shoes instead.

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 ordered to receive an oral reprimand, serve a 3-month suspension, attend meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and notify her employers of the decision for 12 months.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for failing to conduct required periodic assessments of a patient in a seniors mental health unit and for falsifying the patient's health record to indicate the checks had occurred.

The patient was subsequently found deceased in her room.

The nurse admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for disclosing a patient's personal health information to a colleague without consent or clinical purpose.

The nurse admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that her conduct breached confidentiality standards and constituted professional misconduct.

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

The nurse was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for one month, and conditions were imposed requiring meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct following the death of a patient.

The Member admitted to failing to properly assess the patient, failing to properly administer medication, failing to complete vital signs checks and visual observations, and falsifying records to indicate she had observed the patient breathing and coherent when she had not.

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, her certificate of registration was suspended for three months, and terms and conditions were imposed on her practice.

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 College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the member for providing false and misleading information regarding her education and employment history to multiple prospective employers between 2016 and 2019.

The member also failed to report complete employment information to the College on her annual renewal forms.

The member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing a 93-year-old patient with dementia.

The Member admitted to speaking to the patient with an aggressive tone, roughly grabbing his arm causing skin tears, striking his leg with a closed fist, and threatening to 'throat punch' him.

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

A Joint Submission on Order was accepted, resulting in an oral reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to administer medications to multiple patients at a long-term care facility and falsely documenting that the medications had been administered.

The Member also failed to perform a wound dressing change while documenting its completion.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including employer notification and spot audits.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct while working in a targeted engagement and diversion program.

The Member failed to document patient care, ignored calls for assistance, failed to secure a medication cart, delayed responding to overdose situations, and failed to assess a patient who later died.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Member's certificate of registration was suspended for seven months, with conditions imposed upon her return to practice.

The Member, a Nurse Practitioner, faced allegations of professional misconduct for providing nursing care and prescribing opioids to a patient with whom she had an ongoing personal relationship.

She was also named as the beneficiary of the patient's pension and life insurance, creating a conflict of interest, and accessed the patient's health records without authorization.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and practice restrictions.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for incidents occurring at a long-term care facility.

The Member was alleged to have failed to conduct adequate post-fall assessments for two patients, inappropriately transferred a patient without a mechanical lift, and used a sleeping patient's private telephone to make personal long-distance calls.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, including emotional abuse and misappropriation of property.

The Member's certificate of registration was suspended for five months, and he was ordered to complete remedial activities and practice under restrictions.

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 was found to have committed professional misconduct by engaging in benefit fraud over a four-year period, defrauding her employer of approximately $8,000.

At the penalty hearing, the Discipline Committee accepted a Partial Joint Submission on Order for a reprimand and conditions, but the parties contested the length of the suspension.

The Committee ordered a four-month suspension, emphasizing the need for general deterrence and noting the Member's failure to pay restitution as an aggravating factor.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct involving two vulnerable patients in a geriatric psychiatry unit.

The Member applied unauthorized mechanical restraints to a patient, failed to monitor him, and subsequently found him deceased in the restraint.

The Member then moved the body to a bed to cover up the circumstances of death and falsified records.

The Member also neglected another patient, leaving her in distress for hours while falsifying her chart.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including physical and emotional abuse.

Accepting a joint submission, the Committee ordered a reprimand and noted the Member's undertaking to permanently resign her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a patient in labour.

The Member admitted to failing to monitor the fetal heart rate, failing to recognize inadequate progress of labour, failing to seek medical assistance, and failing to document her care and efforts to seek assistance.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 5-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remedial education in obstetrics.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Nurse Practitioner for failing to maintain the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.

The member engaged in a personal and romantic relationship with the spouse of a patient, who was also a former patient, and continued to provide care to the patient while involved with her spouse.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration, noting the mitigating factor that the member was a victim of domestic violence and manipulation by the former patient.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of an elderly patient who died while physically restrained.

The Member admitted to failing to intervene when colleagues applied restraints, failing to monitor the patient, failing to initiate appropriate interventions upon finding the patient deceased, and falsifying records.

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

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

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan between 2013 and 2016, receiving at least $11,080 in store credits for non-medicinal products.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension, meetings with a regulatory expert, and a 12-month employer notification requirement.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered practical nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to crossing therapeutic boundaries, emotionally abusing a vulnerable patient, and misappropriating property by accepting and cashing two cheques from the patient for amounts significantly higher than the cost of groceries she purchased.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and found the nurse committed professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for accessing a patient's electronic medical records on 10 separate occasions without consent or any clinical purpose.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct, specifically contravening the standards of practice and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.