Tim Crowder

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 Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for engaging in a personal and sexual relationship with a patient, providing her home address to the patient, and failing to report a colleague's sexual relationship with another patient.

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

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

The Committee accepted the joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a 9-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent for failing to complete a Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Program (SCERP) ordered by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee.

The respondent admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found that the respondent's failure to comply with the order constituted unprofessional and dishonourable conduct.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 4-month suspension of the respondent's certificate of registration, and imposed terms and conditions requiring the completion of the SCERP and meetings with a Regulatory Expert.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against a Registered Practical Nurse for advertising sexual massage services on Kijiji using his protected nursing title and wearing scrubs.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging that his conduct breached the College's Code of Conduct and Professional Standards.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct that was dishonourable and unprofessional.

The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the member for submitting false claims to her employer's group benefit plan.

The member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she received non-medical products instead of the claimed items and misappropriated $2,400.

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 3-month suspension, and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to maintain professional boundaries and sexually abusing multiple vulnerable mental health patients.

The Member admitted to engaging in personal and sexual relationships with several patients, including having sexual intercourse with three of them.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, and reimbursement of up to $5,000 per patient for therapy and counselling funds.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for inappropriate interactions with colleagues, including discussing his sex life, and failing to maintain boundaries with patients and their families, including providing his phone number to a patient, purchasing a blanket from a patient's daughter, and engaging in a personal relationship with a patient's daughter.

The Member admitted to the majority of the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, meetings with a Regulatory Expert, and 18 months of employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan for medical products she did not receive, totalling $6,560.

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

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered 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 for 12 months upon return to practice.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to appropriately assess, document, and intervene when a patient exhibited signs of deteriorating health, and for failing to initiate resuscitation when the patient was found without vital signs.

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, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for physically restraining an elderly patient with dementia using garbage bags, failing to monitor the patient, and failing to document the restraint.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct, including physical and emotional abuse, and that her conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a 3-month suspension, an oral reprimand, meetings with a regulatory expert, and 12 months of employer notification.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims to her employer's benefit plan, receiving $4,305 in monetary payments or store credits for items not covered by the plan.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member guilty of professional misconduct, including misappropriating property, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

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

Between 2011 and 2016, the member submitted false claims totaling $15,323 and split the funds with a facilitator.

The member admitted to the allegations and entered into an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found the member committed professional misconduct, including misappropriation of property and falsifying records.

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension, and conditions requiring 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 benefit plan between 2011 and 2017, receiving at least $14,515.

The Member admitted to the allegations, acknowledging she split the proceeds with service providers and used fraudulent prescriptions.

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

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a four-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification for 12 months.

The Member, a Registered Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for accessing the electronic medical records of 18 patients without authorization or clinical purpose while on an extended medical leave.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found that the Member's conduct breached privacy standards and was unprofessional and dishonourable.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims under her employer's benefit plan between 2012 and 2015, receiving approximately $8,170.

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, 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 for 12 months.

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, faced allegations of professional misconduct following the death of a patient.

The Member admitted to failing to properly assess the patient, failing to properly administer medication, failing to complete vital signs checks and visual observations, and falsifying records to indicate she had observed the patient breathing and coherent when she had not.

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 terms and conditions were imposed on her practice.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally, physically, and emotionally abusing a 93-year-old patient with dementia.

The Member admitted to speaking to the patient with an aggressive tone, roughly grabbing his arm causing skin tears, striking his leg with a closed fist, and threatening to 'throat punch' him.

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

A Joint Submission on Order was accepted, resulting in an oral reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Nurse Practitioner, faced allegations of professional misconduct for providing nursing care and prescribing opioids to a patient with whom she had an ongoing personal relationship.

She was also named as the beneficiary of the patient's pension and life insurance, creating a conflict of interest, and accessed the patient's health records without authorization.

The Member admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and practice restrictions.