Rob Payne

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, who had been convicted of sexually assaulting two patients and sentenced to periods of incarceration.

The registrant did not contest the facts or the findings of professional misconduct, including sexual abuse of patients and conduct unbecoming a physician.

The Tribunal found the registrant committed professional misconduct and, in accordance with a joint submission and statutory requirements, ordered the mandatory penalty of a reprimand and the immediate revocation of his certificate of registration, along with $6,000 in costs to the College.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario brought professional misconduct proceedings against the registrant, a family medicine practitioner.

The registrant admitted to failing to maintain the standard of practice of the profession through unnecessary treatments, inadequate record-keeping, and improperly performed procedures.

He also did not contest allegations of touching a patient in sensitive areas without adequate warning or explanation.

The Tribunal found the registrant committed professional misconduct.

Applying the test for joint submissions, the Tribunal accepted the jointly proposed penalty, ordering a four-month suspension, extensive terms, conditions, and limitations on his certificate of registration, and costs of $6,000.

The College alleged that the registrant engaged in professional misconduct based on findings by the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ).

The Quebec Tribunal found the registrant committed misconduct by advertising and paying for egg donations in contravention of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, and by making disparaging remarks about a colleague.

The Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal found that the registrant's actions constituted professional misconduct in Ontario.

Accepting a joint submission, the Tribunal ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension, ethics training, and costs of $6,000.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against the registrant for treating a person with whom he had a close personal relationship, failing to maintain medical records for those treatments, and disclosing other patients' confidential health information to that person.

The registrant admitted to the misconduct.

The Tribunal accepted a joint submission on penalty, finding that the proposed 10-month suspension, reprimand, and requirement to complete an ethics course did not bring the administration of the professional discipline system into disrepute.