Julie Maggi

The College alleged that the registrant, a pediatrician, committed professional misconduct by providing medical care to a child patient while engaged in a close personal and romantic relationship with the child's parent.

The Tribunal found that the registrant breached College policies on maintaining appropriate boundaries and treating persons close to the physician, constituting disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional conduct.

The Tribunal accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a three-month suspension, individualized instruction in medical ethics and boundary management, a reprimand, and $6,000 in costs.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario referred allegations of professional misconduct against the registrant, an emergency medicine physician, for breaching an undertaking to participate in a treatment and monitoring program for a substance use disorder.

The registrant admitted to multiple breaches, including consuming alcohol, receiving positive screening tests, and missing tests and appointments.

The Tribunal found the registrant committed professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission, the Tribunal ordered a four-month suspension, a reprimand, and the imposition of terms requiring enrolment in a health monitoring program, along with $6,000 in costs.