Denise Cooney

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct related to her practice at two cosmetic clinics.

She admitted to performing controlled acts (administering substances by injection and PDO threading) without an authorizing mechanism, using products not licensed by Health Canada, failing to obtain informed consent, and maintaining inadequate documentation.

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 7-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including education, audits, and practice restrictions.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records while working at a mass immunization clinic.

The Member admitted to documenting that vaccines were administered to at least 16 patients when no vaccines were actually given, and falsely attributing the administrations to other nurses.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a five-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms requiring meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting three false claims totaling $168 for massage therapy to her employer's benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting fraudulent claims to her employer's group benefit plan totaling at least $42,425 over an eight-year period.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand in light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for submitting false claims to his employer's group benefit plan.

The member admitted to submitting $2,000 in false claims for medical products and splitting the proceeds with a colleague.

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan for medical products and receiving non-medical products instead.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand in light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting $6,615 in false claims to her employer's group benefit plan between 2015 and 2017.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and found that the member contravened standards of practice, misappropriated property, falsified records, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $2,090 to her employer's group benefit plan for orthopedic footwear and compression stockings.

The claims were supported by prescriptions created using a physician's stamp without authorization.

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 4-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for submitting $4,350 in false claims to her employer's benefit plan.

The nurse used a physician's stamp without authorization to create fraudulent prescriptions for orthopedic footwear and compression stockings.

The nurse admitted to the allegations and entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct and ordered an oral reprimand, noting the nurse had already undertaken to permanently resign from the College.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for alleged sexual abuse and boundary violations involving a vulnerable psychiatric patient.

The nurse did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the nurse engaged in a sexual relationship with the patient, including sexual intercourse and sending sexually explicit text messages, both during his hospitalization and shortly after discharge.

The nurse also engaged in inappropriate communications with the patient's spouse.

The Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct, revoked her certificate of registration, ordered an oral reprimand, and required her to reimburse the College for any patient counselling funds accessed.

The member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by allowing false claims for physiotherapy services to be submitted to her employer's benefit plan, resulting in at least $11,040 being paid out.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims totaling at least $12,920 to her employer's benefit plan for physiotherapy services not received.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for making racist and offensive comments about a physician colleague and patients.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, noting the conduct was dishonourable and unprofessional.

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan for medical products she did not receive, totalling $6,560.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification for 12 months upon return to practice.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan, receiving $3,025.47 in monetary payments or store credits for items not covered by the plan.

The Member admitted to the allegations, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional 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 3-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan, receiving $4,305 in monetary payments or store credits for items not covered by the plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $4,195 under her employer's benefit plan.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who admitted to submitting five false claims for massage therapy totaling $473 under her employer's benefit plan.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to practicing outside her scope of practice by responding to a prescription clarification and a request for wound care orders without consulting a physician.

She also admitted to falsifying records by using a physician's initials and signature stamp without authorization, and failing to properly document patient care.

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 two-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan and receiving store credits for non-medical items.

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

Based on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting that the member had already provided an undertaking to permanently resign from the College.