Lalitha Poonasamy

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 Member, a registered nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit, faced allegations of professional misconduct including roughly handling infants, making inappropriate and culturally insensitive comments to parents, and falsifying a patient's medical record.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, breaching several standards of practice.

Pursuant to a Joint Submission on Order, and noting the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College, the Committee ordered the Member to appear for an oral reprimand.

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 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 Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by participating in a fraudulent scheme to submit false claims for physiotherapy services and medical compression stockings under his employer's benefit plan, totaling approximately $5,985.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct including misappropriation of property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The penalty included an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and a 12-month period of employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting a false claim of $1,600 for compression stockings under her employer's benefit plan.

The Member split the reimbursement with the service provider and used her share for non-covered items.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Member was reprimanded, her certificate of registration was suspended for three months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on her certificate.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for failing to apply fall prevention interventions, failing to assess a deteriorating patient, and falsifying health records.

The hearing proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's benefit plan between 2010 and 2018, receiving at least $10,105.

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 four-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 a false claim for $575 under her employer's benefit plan for orthopaedic shoes, receiving Birkenstock shoes instead.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The member was found to have committed professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying a record, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

The penalty included an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension, meetings with a regulatory expert, and a 12-month employer notification requirement.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan.

Between 2012 and 2016, the member colluded with others to submit fraudulent claims for support stockings and orthotics, receiving $4,710 without purchasing the products.

The member admitted to the allegations, including misappropriation of property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a four-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 for support stockings under her employer's group benefit plan between 2012 and 2016, receiving $4,695.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for using improper techniques and excessive force when placing a shoulder restraint on a mental health patient, and for dismissing security guards' concerns about the restraint.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that she failed to remove herself from a situation where she could not practice safely due to physiological effects of fear triggered by the patient's behaviour.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including physical abuse.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered 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 Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to report investigations by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario and for providing false employment information on her annual membership renewal forms.

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 reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and 18 months of employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appropriately de-escalate a patient in a mental health unit, using improper physical restraint techniques, and physically abusing the patient.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that he placed his knee on the patient's back and tapped the patient's head while the patient was restrained on the floor.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a four-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan between 2013 and 2016, receiving at least $11,080 in store credits for non-medicinal products.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension, meetings with a regulatory expert, and a 12-month employer notification requirement.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered practical nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to crossing therapeutic boundaries, emotionally abusing a vulnerable patient, and misappropriating property by accepting and cashing two cheques from the patient for amounts significantly higher than the cost of groceries she purchased.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and found the nurse committed professional misconduct.

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

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for accessing a patient's electronic medical records on 10 separate occasions without consent or any clinical purpose.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member's actions constituted professional misconduct, specifically contravening the standards of practice and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for stealing two $75 restaurant gift cards from a patient's room while the patient was away.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice, misappropriating property, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and conditions including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to numerous medication errors, failure to maintain sterile techniques, failure to properly assess and document patient care, and failure to keep records.

The hearing proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice, failing to keep records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remediation and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries and engaging in a romantic and sexual relationship with a vulnerable psychiatric patient.

The member admitted to the allegations, including emotional abuse and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign and never practice nursing again.