In a professional discipline hearing, the panel accepted the registrant’s admissions to multiple years of false or misleading dental billing, excessive periodontal charges, inflated laboratory fees, and deficient record-keeping affecting ten patient files.
The panel found all five allegations proven under s. 51(1)(c) of the Health Professions Procedural Code and paragraphs 25, 28, 31, 33, and 35 of s. 2 of Ontario Regulation 853/93.
Applying the public-interest test for joint submissions on penalty, the panel accepted a joint penalty submission despite disagreement over some mitigating facts.
The panel imposed a reprimand, a four-month suspension, practice restrictions during suspension, required courses, two years of practice monitoring, and $10,000 in costs.
