In a professional discipline proceeding, the registrant admitted issuing or permitting false receipts for treatments not provided to two clients and failing to maintain treatment records for multiple appointments for a third client.
The Tribunal held that the admitted conduct constituted professional misconduct under several paragraphs of s. 26 of Ontario Regulation 544/94, including false or misleading documentation, record-keeping failures, and disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct.
Applying the joint-submission standard, the panel accepted the jointly proposed penalty as consistent with the public interest and proportionate, particularly given the registrant's prior discipline for similar misconduct.
The Tribunal imposed a reprimand, a six-month suspension, remedial educational terms, compliance audits, and costs.
