discipline summaries
satisfactory to the College in Ethics, with a report
or reports to be provided to the College regarding Dr. Rudinskas’ progress and compliance. This
term, condition and limitation shall be removed
from Dr. Rudinskas’ certificate of registration
upon completion of this requirement;
c. r. Rudinskas shall undergo an assessment of
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her hospital and office practice within one year
of this Order which shall be conducted by a
College-appointed assessor. Dr. Rudinskas shall
cooperate fully with the assessment, including but not limited to: providing access to her
patient records, consenting to disclosure by the
College or any hospital at which she practises
to the assessor of any information the assessor
deems relevant, permitting the assessor to directly
observe her provision of patient care, participating in interviews by the assessor and facilitating
interviews by the assessor of other persons whose
information the assessor considers relevant. The
results of the assessment shall be reported to the
Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee of
the College and Dr. Rudinskas shall abide by the
recommendations of the assessor.
d. r. Rudinskas shall comply with all policies at
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any hospital where she practises regarding the
frequency and timing of patient rounds and shall,
in any event and without limiting the foregoing
requirement, complete routine rounds of all patients before 10:00 p.m. each evening. This term,
condition and limitation shall remain on Dr. Rudinskas’ certificate of registration for an indefinite
period of time;
e. r. Rudinskas shall, within 30 days, ensure that
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the Chief of Staff, Chief of Medicine, Director,
office manager or other person who is acceptable to the College, at any hospital or facility, not
including Dr. Rudinskas’ office, at which Dr. Rudinskas practises (the “Reporting Director”) signs
an undertaking and that the Reporting Director
provide quarterly reports notifying the College of
any concerns that have arisen with regard to Dr.
Rudinskas’s conduct, patient care, communications or collegiality. Dr. Rudinskas shall cooperate
in all respects with the Reporting Director and
shall consent to the disclosure of any information
the Reporting Director requires for the purposes
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of complying with the undertaking attached
hereto;
f. f a Reporting Director who has signed an UnderI
taking is unwilling or unable to continue to fulfill
its terms, Dr. Rudinskas shall, within 30 days,
obtain an undertaking in the same form from a
person who is acceptable to the College;
g. f Dr. Rudinskas is unable to obtain a Reporting
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Director at a hospital or facility at which she practises as set out in (e) or (f ) above, she shall cease
to practise at that location immediately until such
time as she has obtained a Reporting Director at
that location;
h. pon completion of the assessment and conU
sideration of same by the ICRC, provided the
reports of the Reporting Director and the report
of the assessment are deemed satisfactory by the
ICRC, then the quarterly reports of the Reporting
Director may be reduced to one further report to
the ICRC, to be delivered after one further year’s
time. If that further report is deemed satisfactory
by the ICRC, no further reports shall be required
from the Reporting Director; and
i. r. Rudinskas shall consent to the monitoring of
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her OHIP billings and cooperate with inspections
of her practice and patient charts by a College
representative(s) for the purpose of monitoring
and enforcing her compliance with the terms of
this Order.
5. r. Rudinskas pay to the College costs in the
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amount of $55,000.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Dr. Rudinskas waived
her right to an appeal and the Committee administered
the public reprimand.
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