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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.

The parent of a gifted student appealed the school board's Identification Placement Review Committee decision to change the student's placement from a congregated gifted class to a categorical placement in a regular grade nine class.

The parent argued that the student required a congregated gifted program to meet their needs, which the board claimed it did not offer at the secondary level.

The Tribunal found that the categorical placement was inappropriate and would not provide the necessary intellectual challenge or peer interaction.

The Tribunal ordered the school board to provide the student with a placement in a gifted congregated (clustered) program.