In May 2026, Mr. Juan Aruta was referred to the Ontario Occupational Therapists Discipline Tribunal (OOTDT) for allegations of professional misconduct; Mr. Aruta failed to complete the Quality Assurance requirements in 2024. A hearing was held on October 9, 2026. A panel of the OOTDT found that Mr. Aruta committed the following acts of professional misconduct:
- section 51(1)(b.0.1) of the Health Professions Procedural Code, Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (Code); and
- section 51(1)(c) of the Code, and as defined in one or more of the following paragraphs of section 1 of Ontario Regulation 95/07 made under the Occupational Therapy Act,1991:
Paragraph 34: Contravening, by act or omission, the Act, the Regulated Health Professions Act, or the regulations under either of those Acts, in particular, section 82(1)(e) of the Code, and sections 25(2), 27(1) and 28(2)(c) of Ontario Regulation 226/92 made under the Occupational Therapy Act, 1991;
Paragraph 45: Failing to reply appropriately or within a reasonable time to a written inquiry from the College; and
Paragraph 48: Engaging in conduct or performing an act relevant to the practice of the profession that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by registrants as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.
The Tribunal ordered the following:
- That Juan Aruta requires to appear before the panel to be reprimanded.
- The Registrar to revoke Juan Aruta’s certificate of registration effective immediately.
- That Juan Aruta is required to pay the College costs in the amount of $21, 634.90, due 30 days after the date of the Tribunal’s Order.
The oral reprimand was delivered at the conclusion of the hearing.