Nick Coleman

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting 485 false claims under his employer's benefit plan, receiving $34,667.45 for services not rendered.

When investigated, the Member forged receipts to substantiate the false claims.

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

The Member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for 5 months, and terms, conditions, and limitations were imposed on his certificate.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under his employer's benefit plan between 2012 and 2016, receiving $9,587.50.

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 a 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, 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 benefit plan, receiving $4,000 in reimbursed funds.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms and conditions 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, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan between 2014 and 2016.

The Member submitted claims for orthotics and support stockings but instead received store credits used for non-therapeutic products, misappropriating $2,150.

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

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

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan for orthotics and compression stockings, receiving $5,530 in store credit for non-medical 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 conditions were imposed requiring meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

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

The respondent admitted to submitting false claims to obtain store credits for non-medicinal products, receiving $4,500.

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

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 participating in a scheme to submit false claims for support stockings under her employer's benefit plan, receiving $4,900.

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 a reprimand, a 3-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 for support stockings under her employer's benefit plan, receiving $2,400.

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 a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario alleged that the member committed professional misconduct by submitting false claims for support stockings under her employer's benefit plan.

The member admitted to the allegations and entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts, acknowledging she received $2,387.50 from the false claims and split the proceeds with a co-worker.

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 Order, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension of the member's certificate of registration, and the imposition of terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan between 2015 and 2017.

The Member submitted claims for massage therapy and shoe modifications that were not received, obtaining store credit for non-orthopaedic shoes instead.

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

The Member was ordered to receive an oral reprimand, serve a 3-month suspension, attend meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and notify her employers of the decision for 12 months.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for failing to report a finding of professional misconduct in Michigan, administering an unauthorized dose of Haldol to a palliative patient, and preparing incorrect doses of Morphine.

The matter proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct and ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a Registered Practical Nurse for misappropriating narcotics, falsifying patient records, failing to attend scheduled shifts, and failing to return employer property.

The Member admitted to the allegations and acknowledged suffering from a substance use disorder at the time.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, noting the Member had provided an undertaking to permanently resign from the profession.

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct by engaging in benefit fraud over a four-year period, defrauding her employer of approximately $8,000.

At the penalty hearing, the Discipline Committee accepted a Partial Joint Submission on Order for a reprimand and conditions, but the parties contested the length of the suspension.

The Committee ordered a four-month suspension, emphasizing the need for general deterrence and noting the Member's failure to pay restitution as an aggravating factor.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to her care of a patient in labour.

The Member admitted to failing to monitor the fetal heart rate, failing to recognize inadequate progress of labour, failing to seek medical assistance, and failing to document her care and efforts to seek assistance.

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 5-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including remedial education in obstetrics.

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 disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to kissing or mimicking a kiss on the lips of a vulnerable patient with severe dementia.

The Discipline Committee found that this conduct breached the standards of practice regarding therapeutic nurse-client boundaries and constituted unprofessional conduct.

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

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan.

The nurse admitted to participating in a scheme to submit fraudulent claims for support stockings, resulting in the misappropriation of $7,982.50.

While she admitted to contravening practice standards, misappropriating property, and engaging in dishonourable conduct, she disputed that the falsified records related to her practice or were signed in her professional capacity.

The Discipline Committee found that her actions were sufficiently connected to her employment as a nurse and her access to the benefit plan, concluding she committed professional misconduct on all five allegations.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, a registered nurse, relating to numerous medication errors, improper delegation of a controlled act, failure to assess a patient after a fall, and falsification of records.

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

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed the alleged acts of professional misconduct.

In light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply, the Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered that the Member be given an oral reprimand.