File 1866
On April 17, 2014, the Inquiry Committee authorized an Own Motion investigation to evaluate whether the Registrant’s current fitness to practice permitted a safe return to practising registration. The Registrant was identified as suffering from a health ailment impairing practise (addiction) following allegations in 2009 related to the improper handling and documentation of narcotics in the workplace. The Registrant voluntarily attended residential treatment and consented to significant health monitoring terms. He later returned to practising registration. In 2010 and 2011 new allegations arose regarding improper handling and documentation of narcotics and the failure to meet the terms of his the Consent Agreement. In both instances, the Registrant left nursing practise and underwent treatment and health monitoring for a number of years.
The Registrant sought reinstatement of practising registration in early 2014. An April 2015 medical assessment confirmed a significant period of sustained abstinence from substances and identified the Registrant as fit to return to nursing practice. The Registrant has limits on practice regarding access to and administration of narcotics, as well as significant health monitoring. A Learning Plan must be established in the workplace.
Consent Agreement was approved by a panel of the Inquiry Committee on September 8, 2015.
The name of the Registrant has been withheld in accordance with section 39.3(4)(a) of the Health Professions Act for the purposes of not identifying the personal health information of the Registrant respecting the condition. The Inquiry Committee is satisfied that these terms are sufficient to protect the public.