In a Decision dated January 14, 2020, an Adjudication Tribunal of the Disciplinary Panel found the Registrant guilty of conduct deserving of sanction and pursuant to section 28(3) of the Registered Nurses Act, 2008, the Adjudication Tribunal accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty put forth by the Respondent and the CRNNL.
Decision Summary
In the matter of a Complaint against Mary Collins, College of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador, Registration #12535 (the “Registrant”), an Adjudication Tribunal found the Registrant guilty of conduct deserving of sanction under the Registered Nurses Act (2008), section 18(c)(i) professional misconduct, and 18(c)(v) acting in breach of the Code of Ethics in that the Registrant breached an agreement she entered into to resolve an Allegation filed against her by the Director of Professional Conduct Review. Pursuant to section 28(3) of the Registered Nurses Act (2008) on September 24, 2019 the Adjudication Tribunal accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty and in a written Decision dated January 14, 2020 ordered the suspension of the Registrant’s eligibility to renew a practicing license pending the Registrant providing the Director of Professional Conduct Review with a medical report confirming her fitness to return to practice and the Registrant providing the Director of Professional Conduct Review with a specified number of monitoring reports; following the Registrant’s return to nursing practice the Registrant shall provide monitoring reports to the Director of Professional Conduct Review for a period of one year; and pay the CRNNL $1,250.00 towards its costs incurred.
The conduct deserving of sanction occurred in 2018 – 2019. The Complainant was CRNNL Director of Professional Conduct Review.
On August 15, 2019, ARNNL Council suspended the eligibility of Mary Collins, Registration No. 12535 to renew a practicing license pending a hearing by an Adjudication Tribunal of a Complaint filed against the Registrant.