Mary Hart

The Member, a registered nurse, was referred to the Discipline Committee after pleading guilty to criminal fraud over $5,000.

Prior to becoming a nurse, the Member defrauded a bank of approximately $3.6 million.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a Joint Submission on Penalty.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted the joint submission, ordering a 12-month suspension, a reprimand, and conditions on his certificate of registration including mandatory counseling.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to multiple incidents of inappropriate communication and an uncaring attitude toward clients, their families, and colleagues at two different hospitals.

The Member admitted to the allegations and agreed to a statement of facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice and engaging in unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and conditions requiring the Member to complete a communication course and attend anger management counselling.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to the care of an elderly patient.

The Member admitted to failing to respond to the patient's requests for assistance, placing the patient in a darkened room without a call bell, restraining the patient without consent or a physician's order, failing to document the restraint, and verbally abusing the patient.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission as to Penalty, ordering an oral reprimand and, should the Member ever re-register, a three-month suspension and practice conditions.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for administering medication to a cognitively impaired client without consent and subsequently threatening a student nurse and other colleagues who reported or investigated the incident.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The applicant union applied for certification of a bargaining unit of mini bar attendants at the responding party's hotel.

The hotel requested that the representation vote be delayed due to an anticipated 'build up' in the bargaining unit following extensive renovations that would increase the number of rooms from 90 to 348.

The Board applied the build up doctrine, finding it relatively certain that the number of mini bar attendants would increase from two to five or six within a reasonable period.

The Board declared the initial representation vote a nullity and directed that a new vote be taken once more than fifty percent of the anticipated complement was hired.

The applicant union applied for a direction that a first collective agreement be settled by arbitration.

During the hearing, the Board ruled that evidence of discussions with a mediator and a Board Officer was inadmissible due to statutory confidentiality and settlement privilege.

The union subsequently asserted that a settlement had been reached, causing the respondent's counsel to become a potential witness.

The respondent requested an adjournment to retain new counsel.

The Board granted the adjournment, holding that the 30-day time limit in section 40a(2) of the Labour Relations Act is directory rather than mandatory, and that natural justice required the adjournment.

A dissenting Board member argued the time limits should be considered mandatory.