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Speech-language pathologist reprimanded and suspended for entering into a sexual relationship with a former patient.
The College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for engaging in a sexual relationship with a former patient shortly after their therapeutic relationship ended.
The member admitted to the allegations and the panel found she engaged in professional misconduct.
The panel accepted a joint submission on penalty and costs, ordering a public reprimand, a four-month suspension (with three months remitted upon completion of an ethics and boundaries remediation program), a two-year monitoring period, and $5,000 in costs.
The panel noted the member's cooperation, lack of prior disciplinary history, and proactive completion of the remediation program as mitigating factors.
Motion to intervene dismissed due to late filing and failure to offer a distinct perspective.
The Canadian Doctors of Audiology Association brought a motion for leave to intervene in an appeal concerning a finding of professional misconduct against an audiologist for using the title 'Doctor'.
The proposed intervenor sought to support the appellant's constitutional challenge to s. 33 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.
The court dismissed the motion, finding that the application was brought very late, the proposed argument substantially echoed the appellant's argument, and the intervention would not make a useful and distinct contribution sufficient to justify disrupting the scheduled appeal.
