Emily Lawrence

The Member, a registered nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for stealing narcotics from her hospital employer, falsifying medication administration records, and failing to report her subsequent criminal charges and conviction for theft to the College.

The Member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a five-month suspension, terms and conditions including meetings with a nursing expert, and a 24-month employer notification requirement.

In a dental discipline proceeding, the panel accepted the member’s guilty plea and agreed statement of facts regarding cosmetic dental treatment in which crowns and a bridge were provided after discussions and documentation referring to veneers.

The panel found professional misconduct for over-preparing teeth, failing to obtain informed consent, charging excessive fees above recommended rates without explanation or consent, and providing inaccurate information to the regulator during the investigation.

The panel held that the patient had not consented to the actual treatment provided and that the member’s conduct caused significant clinical harm and raised serious integrity concerns.

A joint submission on penalty was accepted, resulting in an 18-month suspension, extensive remedial and practice restriction terms, and costs.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered nurse for working overlapping shifts at two different hospitals.

The nurse admitted to calling in sick or taking unpaid family emergency leave at one facility while working and receiving pay at the other, resulting in misappropriation of time and funds.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the nurse committed professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a seven-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The appellant appealed a decision of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board upholding the College of Nurses' refusal to annul her first unsuccessful attempt at the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination.

The appellant argued that her mental and emotional state, caused by her mother's death and medication side effects, prevented her from fully appreciating her inability to write the exam.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding the Board's conclusion that the appellant could and should have assessed her circumstances before the examination was reasonable.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for allegedly misappropriating money and narcotics from two vulnerable home care clients.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The panel dismissed the allegations regarding the first client due to inconsistencies in the affidavit evidence.

However, the panel found the Member committed professional misconduct by misappropriating cash from the second client, noting the Member had already pleaded guilty to criminal theft charges for this incident.

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

The Member, a registered nurse providing psychotherapeutic counselling, admitted to professional misconduct for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries, entering into a financial relationship, and practising in a conflict of interest with a client.

The Member co-leased clinic space to the client and received payments for mentorship and partnership buy-in while continuing a therapeutic relationship.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The applicant, a medical school graduate, sought judicial review of a decision by the university's Board of Examiners requiring him to undergo remediation for a lapse in professionalism.

The applicant had initiated an internal appeal but abandoned it, choosing instead to complete the remediation.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application for judicial review on the basis of prematurity, finding that the applicant failed to exhaust his internal appeal remedies and demonstrated no exceptional circumstances to justify bypassing the administrative process.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct, including engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct, failing to obtain consent, and providing inappropriate care.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a six-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct for failing to report the abuse of a client.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought a two-month suspension, while the Member argued for a six-week suspension.

The Discipline Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including mandatory meetings with a Nursing Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Registered Practical Nurse for verbally and emotionally abusing elderly and vulnerable clients, including making inappropriate comments, a 'Heil Hitler-like' gesture, and referring to a client as 'lazy' and a 'waste of tax dollars'.

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 Order, imposing a five-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the Member committed professional misconduct by failing to report an incident where she observed a colleague strike a psychiatric client and place him in a headlock.

The Member denied seeing the abuse, claiming she was focused on securing the client's ankles during the restraint.

Relying on video surveillance footage and witness testimony, the Discipline Committee found that the Member had ample opportunity to observe the abuse and did in fact see it.

The Committee rejected the defence expert's theory of unintentional blindness.

The Member was found to have breached the standards of practice and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct by failing to report the incident.

The Applicants, under CCAA protection, brought a motion seeking an order to authorize and approve the Revised Fourth DIP Amendment.

The motion was opposed by the USW and GIP.

The court granted the motion, finding that the DIP solicitation process was competitive, robust, and fair, and that the Revised Fourth DIP Amendment was the best available proposal.

The amendment addressed previous concerns by providing a maturity date past the winter build period, a sufficient commitment amount, and minimal conditions on covenants.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a registered nurse for holding herself out as a Nurse Practitioner without being registered in the extended class.

The Member was found to have practiced outside her scope by communicating diagnoses, recommending and prescribing medications, and using a physician's name and CPSO number without authorization.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and ordered the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration.

The member, a registered practical nurse, pled guilty to professional misconduct after being convicted of criminally assaulting a former client while on vacation.

The Discipline Committee found that the member's actions constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

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

The applicant, a medical resident, sought judicial review of a decision by the Academic Appeals Committee upholding his dismissal from the anesthesia residency program.

He argued that deviations from his remediation plan, including timeline errors and lack of baseline testing, made the process manifestly unfair.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application, finding the Appeals Committee's conclusion that the deviations were not significant enough to invalidate the remediation process was reasonable and supported by the evidence.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for using excessive force to restrain a mental health client who was attempting to leave a secure unit.

The Member admitted to pulling the client to the floor and striking him four or five times in the head, neck, and shoulder area.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct, specifically physical and emotional abuse, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse who failed to secure 27 Hydromorphone tablets prior to their destruction and disposal.

The member admitted to failing to follow the facility's protocol but contested whether the conduct amounted to unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee found that the member's failure to immediately secure the narcotics in the lockbox demonstrated a serious disregard for her professional obligations and constituted unprofessional conduct.

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a two-month suspension, a reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for alleged physical, verbal, and emotional abuse of patients, as well as unprofessional conduct towards colleagues.

The nurse did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the nurse committed professional misconduct by failing to provide a blanket to a patient, physically and verbally abusing patients, mocking a patient with aphasia, making obscene gestures, and sharing unsolicited sexual information with colleagues.

The Committee revoked the nurse's certificate of registration and ordered a reprimand.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to accessing the electronic medical records of two clients without consent or authorization.

One client was known to the Member personally, and the other had recently committed suicide at the hospital.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening the standards of practice and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The penalty, ordered by joint submission, included a reprimand, a two-month suspension, meetings with a nursing expert, and employer notification for 18 months.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for historical allegations of professional misconduct dating back to the 1970s.

The Member was alleged to have engaged in a personal, sexual, and financial relationship with a vulnerable 15-year-old client during and immediately after the therapeutic relationship.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's conduct constituted malpractice and incompetence under the former Nurses Act, and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct under the Health Disciplines Act.

The Committee revoked the Member's certificate of registration, ordered a reprimand, and imposed a $5,000 fine.