Zoe Hountalas

The registrant, a massage therapist, admitted to professional misconduct for failing to obtain informed consent, discuss draping options, and keep accurate records.

The Tribunal found the registrant committed professional misconduct and accepted a joint submission on penalty.

The registrant was reprimanded, ordered to complete further education and reflection, and required to pay costs of $5,110.

The applicant, a medical resident, sought judicial review of a Postgraduate Tribunal decision that dismissed her appeal of an Academic Review Board order requiring her to withdraw from the program.

She alleged procedural unfairness based on a reasonable apprehension of bias regarding one panel member and inadequate disclosure of redacted patient records.

The Divisional Court dismissed the application, agreeing with the Tribunal that there was no reasonable apprehension of bias and that sufficient disclosure had been provided.

The appellant, a licensed chiropodist, appealed from misconduct findings and a $70,000 costs award made by the Discipline Committee of the College of Chiropodists of Ontario.

The Committee found that the appellant failed to comply with a prior suspension order by continuing to benefit financially from his practice, failing to update his website to reflect his suspended status, and engaging in regulated activities such as sterilizing medical instruments.

The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding no palpable and overriding error in the Committee's liability findings and no error in principle in the costs award.

A discipline panel accepted a registrant’s admissions to professional misconduct arising from widespread false dental insurance billing, fabricated records, altered radiographs, and misleading supporting documents involving multiple patients over 2018 and 2019.

Applying the public-interest test for joint penalty submissions, the panel held the proposed disposition was within the reasonable range for comparable discipline cases and advanced public protection, deterrence, and remediation.

The panel imposed a four-month suspension, reprimand, extensive practice and compliance conditions, practice monitoring, and costs.

A publication ban protected the identities of patients named in the exhibits.

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.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct relating to the unauthorized restraint and subsequent death of a patient, as well as falsifying records and misleading the employer's investigation.

The member admitted to the allegations, including failing to monitor the restrained patient, moving the deceased patient to make it appear he died in bed, and conspiring with colleagues to provide inaccurate information.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the member had already permanently resigned and undertaken never to reapply for registration.