Nick Coleman

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for accessing the electronic health records of approximately 5,800 patients without consent or professional purpose over a six-year period.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the Member's actions constituted a breach of the College's practice standards 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 imposed terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The former member applied for reinstatement of her certificate of registration, which was revoked in 2003 following criminal convictions for fraud.

The former member failed to attend the reinstatement hearing despite receiving adequate notice.

As the onus was on the former member to establish suitability for reinstatement and no evidence was led, the Discipline Committee dismissed the application.

The applicant applied for reinstatement of her nursing certificate of registration, which was revoked in 2009 for professional misconduct involving a sexual relationship with a client.

The College of Nurses of Ontario did not oppose the application, and both parties presented a joint submission on order.

Relying on an independent psychiatric evaluation that deemed the applicant a low risk to re-offend, as well as her subsequent rehabilitation and retraining as a Pharmacy Technician, the Discipline Committee granted the reinstatement subject to strict terms, conditions, and limitations, including practice monitoring and restrictions on independent community nursing.

The Member, a Nurse Practitioner, faced allegations of professional misconduct for prescribing controlled substances (Lorazepam and Codeine) without authorization and misappropriating approximately $19,000 in public funds from a Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic to benefit family and friends.

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 penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various remedial terms and conditions on his certificate of registration.

Following the dismissal of her application for judicial review, the applicant opposed an award of costs, arguing the case involved novel human rights issues of public importance.

The Divisional Court rejected this argument, finding the proceeding was a quest for personal vindication arising from fractious collective bargaining, not a public interest matter.

The court awarded the successful respondents $7,500 in costs, discounting their requested amount of $15,000 to exclude expenses related to the involvement of three intervenors.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a Nurse Practitioner for failing to participate in a Quality Assurance practice assessment, prescribing controlled substances outside her authorized scope, falsifying prescriptions by adding a physician's name without authorization, and failing to comply with a previous alternative dispute resolution agreement.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a nine-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a nursing expert and employer notification requirements.

The applicant sought judicial review of a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision dismissing her complaint of discrimination and harassment.

The complaint arose from sexist blog posts made by a union president during a labour dispute.

The Divisional Court upheld the Tribunal's decision, finding it reasonable to conclude that the blog posts were not made 'in the workplace' and that the Tribunal appropriately considered the union president's Charter rights to freedom of expression and association when determining the posts did not constitute discrimination with respect to employment.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for falsifying annual payment cards and membership renewal receipts to misrepresent herself as a Registered Nurse.

She also applied for and worked in a Registered Nurse position and arranged with a co-worker to falsify time records.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and, accepting a joint submission, ordered a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct including soliciting money from vulnerable clients, failing to administer medications while charting that they were given, and practising and using the title of Registered Practical Nurse while her certificate of registration was suspended.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct that was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a six-month suspension, and various conditions on her certificate, but declined to order financial restitution to a client, finding it lacked jurisdiction under the Regulated Health Professions Act to do so.

The appellants requested a suspension of the court's judgment released on June 10, 2013.

On consent of the respondent, the Court of Appeal for Ontario ordered that the judgment be suspended until June 25, 2013, to allow for an orderly winding-down of the operations of RX Processing Services Inc.

The appellants operated an online pharmacy selling prescription drugs to Americans, with a call center located in Ontario.

The Ontario College of Pharmacists sought an injunction to stop the appellants from selling drugs without accreditation and using restricted terms.

The application judge granted the injunction, finding the sales occurred in Ontario and the College had jurisdiction.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that a purposive approach to the legislation confirmed the sales took place in Ontario and that there was a sufficient connection to ground the College's jurisdiction to protect the public interest.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the Member for misappropriating approximately $25,000 from her workplace and falsifying documents.

The Member, who held senior management positions, deposited cheques meant for other staff, altered payees on cheques, and submitted fraudulent expense claims.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven in the Member's absence, concluding her actions were deceitful, dishonest, and constituted professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

The applicants, individuals with intellectual disabilities residing in group homes, filed human rights complaints against the respondent unions.

They alleged that legal picketing by the unions at their group homes during lawful strikes constituted discrimination with respect to services and occupancy of accommodation under the Human Rights Code.

The Tribunal held a summary hearing to determine if the applications had a reasonable prospect of success.

The Tribunal found that the Code does not govern the relationship between a union and those using services at a place the union's members are picketing, as the union members were acting as union members rather than service providers.

The applications were dismissed.

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

The member admitted to failing to document client admissions and injuries, engaging in unprofessional arguments with a charge nurse, leaving a shift without notifying management, and attending work while impaired by diet pills.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a one-month suspension, and the completion of remedial education with a nursing expert.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including misappropriating a box of gloves, falsifying employment history on resumes, and multiple instances of substandard patient care such as medication errors and failure to assess clients.

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 Order, imposing a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and extensive remedial terms and conditions on her certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against the Member for multiple incidents of failing to monitor patients, failing to document, and failing to communicate patient deterioration.

Despite extensive orientation and practice reviews, the Member's basic nursing skills remained deficient.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct, and was incompetent.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand and the revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

The applicants, facing discipline proceedings before the Ontario College of Pharmacists, brought a motion seeking production of Third Party Records in advance of a pending judicial review application.

The Discipline Committee had previously dismissed their motion for disclosure at the first stage of the O'Connor and Mills test, finding the records were not likely relevant.

The applicants argued the records were necessary for the court to properly analyze the production issue on judicial review.

The court dismissed the motion, holding that the issue on judicial review is whether the Tribunal erred in law at the first stage of the analysis, and examining the records beforehand would usurp the Tribunal's function.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to disclose terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration to a prospective employer, and for accepting a position she could not fulfill given those restrictions.

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 penalty, ordering an oral reprimand and a six-month suspension.

The appellants brought a motion to a full panel of the Divisional Court under s. 21(5) of the Courts of Justice Act to set aside an order of a single judge.

The single judge had quashed their appeal from an interlocutory order of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Pharmacists refusing production of third party records, and refused to convert the appeal into an application for judicial review.

The full panel upheld the quashing of the appeal, agreeing it was an interlocutory order.

However, the panel set aside the refusal to convert the appeal into an application for judicial review, finding that the appellants raised an arguable point regarding procedural fairness and the need for third party records to effectively cross-examine key witnesses.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the member for working as a registered nurse while suspended, falsifying prescriptions, misappropriating funds, and asking a co-worker for a urine sample.

The member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found the allegations proven, noting the member's guilty pleas to related criminal charges.

The Committee revoked the member's certificate of registration, emphasizing the need for specific and general deterrence given the serious, deceitful, and criminal nature of the conduct.