Reference 039
The Inquiry Committee (the “Committee”) of the College of Midwives of British Columbia (the
“College”) has conducted an investigation into the professional practice of Ms. Nicole Séguin
RM, pursuant to Section 33 of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183.
The Committee and Ms. Séguin have agreed to resolve all matters outstanding between them
arising from the investigation pursuant to Section 36(1) of the Health Professions Act, and Bylaw 63 as set out below:
Ms. Séguin hereby undertakes to:
provide the College with proof of successful completion of a Fetal Health Surveillance course for primary care providers attended after June 2009;
attend the midwifery course that addresses appropriate documentation at the UBC Division of Midwifery in the fall of 2010 or whenever it is next available;
attend a course on professional ethics approved by the College, write a paper on the importance of professional ethics in the midwifery profession and submit it to the College within one year of signing the agreement;
attend a communication course approved by the College within one year of signing the agreement;
be supervised in practice as a midwife by general registrants approved by the College and in a plan approved by the College for a period of six months after shehas completed all of the course requirements and other conditions of the consent agreement listed above in order to demonstrate an understanding and appropriate
application of midwifery standards of care and safe and competent practice as a primary care midwife in British Columbia;
consent to a random chart audit on a minimum of five charts of midwifery care she has provided in the six months immediately after completing this supervision and returning to practice as a general registrant; and
consent to a reprimand for breaching the CMBC Code of Ethics Sections 1.1, 1.3
and 4.1.
SIGNED By NICOLE SÉGUIN RM this twenty-eighth day of September, 2010.