Audiologist found guilty of professional misconduct for substandard practice and misleading the College; suspended and reprimanded.
The Member, an audiologist, faced allegations of professional misconduct including inadequate record keeping, failure to refer patients for medical evaluation, improper prescription of hearing aids, incomplete assessments, and misleading a College investigator.
The Member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts.
The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission as to Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension (two months suspended upon completion of conditions), monitoring, and costs of $2,000.
Speech-language pathologist suspended for four weeks and ordered to pay costs for billing and service deficiencies.
The Member, a speech-language pathologist, admitted to professional misconduct including billing inaccuracies, failing to provide services, and conducting visits that were consistently shorter than required.
The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.
Pursuant to a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a four-week suspension of the Member's certificate of registration, and $3,000 in costs.
Speech-language pathologist reprimanded and fined $1,000 for unauthorized access to patient health records.
The member, a speech-language pathologist, admitted to professional misconduct for inappropriately accessing the personal health information of patients not under her care at the Ottawa Hospital.
The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the member committed professional misconduct by contravening the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 and hospital policy.
The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a $1,000 fine, and publication of the decision with the member's name.