Victoria Tremblett

The court found the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) in contempt of court for circumventing a court order prohibiting it from licensing architectural technologists except as authorized by regulation.

After a prior order voided technologist licences, the OAA issued architect licences to technologists with the same practice restrictions as the banned licences, using a statutory committee process.

The court held this was a breach of both the letter and spirit of the order, as the process was a disguised continuation of the prohibited policy.

The decision reviews the statutory context, the events after the order, and the legal test for contempt, concluding that the OAA intentionally disobeyed the order.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to monitor patients in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and falsifying records to indicate the monitoring had occurred.

One patient suffered multiple falls and injuries during the unmonitored period.

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 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The appellant doctor performed a septorhinoplasty on a patient and charged professional and facility fees for the rhinoplasty component, claiming it was uninsured.

The Ministry of Health determined the entire procedure was medically necessary and therefore an insured service, requiring the doctor to reimburse the patient.

The Health Services Appeal and Review Board confirmed the Ministry's decision.

On appeal and judicial review, the Divisional Court upheld the Board's decision, finding its interpretation of the Schedule of Benefits was correct and its factual determination that the rhinoplasty was medically necessary was reasonable.

The Member, an elementary school teacher, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct for engaging in a pattern of inappropriate communications and boundary violations with two female students.

Over several years, the Member sent hundreds of personal emails and messages, gave gifts with hidden messages, and failed to report concerns about a student's well-being.

The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of failing to maintain professional standards, emotional abuse, and disgraceful conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand and a six-month suspension, noting the Member had already resigned his teaching certificate and undertaken never to reapply.