Chuck Williams

The Member, a Nurse Practitioner, faced allegations of professional misconduct for prescribing controlled substances (Lorazepam and Codeine) without authorization and misappropriating approximately $19,000 in public funds from a Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic to benefit family and friends.

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 penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various remedial terms and conditions on his certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who had been found guilty of two separate criminal assaults and failed to report the second finding of guilt to the College.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, including engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, and terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for misappropriating Zopiclone and Lorazepam from her workplace and providing Zopiclone to her partner without a prescription.

She had previously pled guilty to criminal theft for the same 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 four-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including forging physician orders, administering medication without authorization, and failing to appropriately respond when a piece of a urinary catheter remained inside a client.

The Member had previously been convicted criminally for acting on the forged documents.

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 a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse working in a correctional facility, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a pregnant inmate.

The Member admitted to failing to adequately assess and monitor the client, who ultimately delivered a baby in her cell, and failing to inform her employer that she was not competent to care for pregnant clients without supervision.

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 a reprimand, a five-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after being convicted of criminal offences for unauthorized computer access and mischief to data following a workplace dispute.

He also falsified employment dates and references on multiple job applications.

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 penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and remedial terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for falsifying annual payment cards and membership renewal receipts to misrepresent herself as a Registered Nurse.

She also applied for and worked in a Registered Nurse position and arranged with a co-worker to falsify time records.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission, ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced a discipline hearing for failing to intervene when another nurse abused an unresponsive 17-year-old client in the emergency department.

The Member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.