DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE COLLEGE OF NURSES OF ONTARIO
PANEL: Susan Roger, RN Chairperson Carly Gilchrist, RPN Member Carly Hourigan Public Member Sandra Larmour Public Member Ahamad Mohammed, RPN Member
BETWEEN:
COLLEGE OF NURSES OF ONTARIO MEGAN SHORTREED for College of Nurses of Ontario
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USHA KHANAL Registration No. BJ297607 JORDAN STONE for Usha Khanal
CHRISTOPHER WIRTH Independent Legal Counsel
Heard: September 16, 2024, via videoconference
DECISION AND REASONS
Publication Ban
By Order of the Discipline Panel dated September 16, 2024, pursuant to subsection s.45(3) of the Health Professions Procedural Code of the Nursing Act, 1991, no one shall publish or broadcast the names of the clients, or any information that could disclose their identities, referred to orally or in any documents presented at the Discipline hearing of Usha Khanal.
This matter was heard by a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Panel”) of the College of Nurses of Ontario (the “College”) on September 16, 2024.
The Allegations
The allegations against Usha Khanal (the “Member”) as stated in the Notice of Hearing dated August 14, 2024, 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 employed as a Registered Practical Nurse at [the Camp] in [ ], Ontario, you contravened a standard or practice of the profession or failed to meet the standards of practice of the profession, and in particular, on about June 30, 2021 and/or July 13, 2021, you failed to maintain the boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship in respect of [Client A].
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(37) of Ontario Regulation 799/93, in that while employed as a Registered Practical Nurse at [the Camp] in [ ], Ontario, you engaged in conduct or performed an act, relevant to the practice of nursing, that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, and in particular, on or about