Tina Colarossi

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the Member for holding herself out as a Nurse Practitioner without authorization and for failing to comply with a previous order to complete a remediation program.

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

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

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, taking into account the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the profession.

The member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for submitting a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine receipt to her employer, a long-term care facility.

The member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the member contravened the standards of practice, signed a false document, and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the respondent, a registered nurse, for failing to appropriately document the administration and wasting of narcotics.

The respondent admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the respondent committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The penalty included a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the respondent's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to administer medications to multiple patients at a long-term care facility and falsifying records to indicate the medications had been given.

The Member admitted to the allegations and pled guilty to criminal charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life.

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

The Member permanently resigned her certificate of registration and was ordered to appear for an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Nurse for failing to provide adequate care, failing to document care, and failing to wear required Personal Protective Equipment in the Emergency Department.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by breaching multiple standards of practice, failing to keep records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 10-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and imposed extensive terms, conditions, and limitations on his practice.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse who owned and operated a medical spa.

The Member admitted to professional misconduct for failing to maintain adequate documentation for 16 patients, including failing to include his signature and professional designation, and failing to clearly identify who performed assessments.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $4,855 to her employer's group benefit plan for medical products she did not receive.

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

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

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

The member admitted to submitting $2,000 in false claims for medical products and splitting the proceeds with a colleague.

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 three-month suspension, and terms including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct including using inappropriate language with a colleague, failing to adequately assess and document after patient falls and allergic reactions, and verbally and emotionally abusing a patient.

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

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

As the Member had already permanently resigned his certificate of registration and undertaken never to reapply, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand.

The member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for verbally and physically abusing colleagues, threatening to withhold medication from a patient with dementia, and refusing to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 10-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and various remedial conditions.

The Member, a registered nurse, admitted to committing professional misconduct by submitting false claims totaling $2,090 to her employer's group benefit plan for orthopedic footwear and compression stockings.

The claims were supported by prescriptions created using a physician's stamp without authorization.

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

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a 4-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against the Member, a Registered Nurse and former Director of Care, for preparing false vulnerable sector check request letters for herself and her sister.

The Member forged a colleague's signature on the letters and submitted them to the police.

The Discipline Committee proceeded in the Member's absence and found that she failed to meet the standards of practice and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension of her certificate of registration, and imposed terms and conditions including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse who assessed a heavily intoxicated patient in the back of a police vehicle rather than bringing the patient into the remote nursing station.

The nurse failed to conduct an adequate assessment and inappropriately sent the patient to the police station for monitoring.

The patient later died of natural causes.

Proceeding by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts, the Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, noting the nurse had already undertaken to permanently resign from the profession.

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.