Discipline Committee of the College of Nurses of Ontario
Panel: Carly Gilchrist, RPN Chairperson Andrea Arkell Public Member Neil Hillier, RPN Member Sandra Larmour Public Member Mary MacNeil, RN Member
Between:
College of Nurses of Ontario Nick Coleman for College of Nurses of Ontario
- and -
Duebel Belcena Registration No. 10426229 Rebecca Young for Duebel Belcena Christopher Wirth Independent Legal Counsel
Heard: June 30, 2022
Decision and Reasons
This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) of the College of Nurses of Ontario (the “College”) on June 30, 2022, via videoconference.
The Allegations
The allegations against Duebel Belcena (the “Member”) as stated in the Notice of Hearing dated May 2, 2022 are as follows:
IT IS ALLEGED THAT:
- You have committed an act of professional misconduct as provided by subsection 51(1)(c) of the Health Professions Procedural Code of the Nursing Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 32, as amended, and defined in subsection 1(1) of Ontario Regulation 799/93, in that while working as a Registered Nurse at Trillium Health Partners – Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario (the “Facility”), you contravened a standard of practice of the profession or failed to meet the standards of practice of the profession, and in particular, in or around 2016-2019, you:
a. submitted false claims under the Facility’s employee group benefit plan (the “Benefit Plan”); and/or
b. forged receipts in relation to false claims under the Benefit Plan.
You have committed an act of professional misconduct as provided by subsection 51(1)(c) of the Health Professions Procedural Code of the Nursing Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 32, as amended, and defined in subsection 1(8) of Ontario Regulation 799/93, in that while working as a Registered Nurse at the Facility, you misappropriated property from a client or workplace, and in particular, in or around 2016-2019, you submitted false claims under the Benefit Plan.
You committed an act of professional misconduct as provided by subsection 51(1)(c) of the Health Professions Procedural Code of the Nursing Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 32, as amended, and defined in subsection 1(14) of Ontario Regulation 799/93, in that while working as a Registered Nurse at the Facility, you falsified a record relating to your practice, and in particular, in or around 2016-2019, you:
a. submitted false claims under the Benefit Plan; and/or
b. forged receipts in relation to false claims under the Benefit Plan.
- You committed an act of professional misconduct as provided by subsection 51(1)(c) of the Health Professions Procedural Code of the Nursing Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 32, as amended, and defined in [subsection 1(15)](https://www.canlii.org/