DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSES OF ONTARIO
PANEL: Grace Fox, NP Chairperson Patrycja Bujko, RPN Member Jean-Laurent Domingue, RN Member Joe Farag Public Member
BETWEEN:
COLLEGE OF NURSES OF ONTARIO DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY for College of Nurses of Ontario
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YUE GAO Registration No. 06279252 CHRISTOPHER BRYDEN for Yue Gao
CHRISTOPHER WIRTH Independent Legal Counsel
Heard: October 13, 2023
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 October 13, 2023, via videoconference.
The Allegations
The allegations against Yue Gao (the "Member") as stated in the Notice of Hearing dated June 12, 2023, 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 Sunnybrook Health Sciences in Toronto, 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 2015 to 2016, you submitted and/or accepted payment for false claims under the Facility's employee group 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 Sunnybrook Health Sciences in Toronto, Ontario (the "Facility"), you misappropriated property from a client or workplace, and in particular, in or around 2015 to 2016, you submitted and/or accepted payment for false claims under the Facility's employee group 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 working as a Registered Nurse at Sunnybrook Health Sciences in Toronto, Ontario (the "Facility"), you falsified a record relating to your practice, and in particular, in or around 2015 to 2016, you submitted and/or accepted payment for false claims under the Facility's employee group 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) of [Ontario Regulation 799/93](https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/