Dr. B.

The appellant father appealed the school board's decision to expel his 13-year-old son from all schools for allegedly possessing a weapon and threatening another student.

The Child and Family Services Review Board found that the student possessed a pocketknife and a razor blade but did not use them to threaten others, instead using them to insinuate self-harm.

The Board also found that the student's online messages did not constitute a threat.

Concluding that the student's actions were a cry for help due to serious emotional needs rather than a safety risk, the Board quashed the expulsion, ordered the student reinstated, and directed that the expulsion be expunged from his record.

The Member, a registered nurse, was convicted of sexual interference and sexual touching under the Criminal Code.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations based on these convictions.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty with a slight variation, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a 12-month suspension, and practice restrictions, including a prohibition on working with individuals under 16 years of age.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to engaging in a sexual relationship with a psychiatric patient while employed at a hospital.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing the patient and violating professional boundaries.

The Member brought a Charter challenge, arguing that the mandatory revocation penalty discriminated against her on the basis of a mental disability.

The panel dismissed the Charter challenge, finding insufficient evidence that the Member suffered from a mental disability that affected her functioning at the time of the misconduct.

The panel ordered the mandatory penalty of revocation of the Member's certificate of registration and a reprimand.