The College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario held an uncontested discipline hearing regarding a registrant who admitted to engaging in a concurrent sexual and treating relationship with a patient from 2016 to 2018.
The Discipline Committee found that the conduct constituted sexual abuse of a patient and professional misconduct.
Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the registrant's certificate of registration, an oral reprimand, reimbursement for any patient therapy funding, and $2,000 in costs.
