COO 2018

The member optometrist pled guilty to professional misconduct for improperly delegating controlled acts (communicating a diagnosis and prescribing eyeglasses) to an optician, failing to maintain proper patient records, and allowing false claims to be submitted to an insurer.

The Discipline Committee accepted an agreed statement of facts and a joint submission on penalty.

The member was reprimanded, his certificate of registration was suspended for three weeks, and he was ordered to complete a professional ethics course, write an essay, undergo a practice inspection, and pay $20,000 in costs.

The member, an optometrist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for providing unnecessary diagnostic and treatment services, inappropriate billing of OHIP and patients, making unsupported diagnoses, and failing to maintain adequate records.

The matter proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order and Costs.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted the joint submission, ordering a reprimand, a 3.5-month suspension, practice monitoring, educational courses, and $25,000 in costs.

The member, an optometrist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for sexually abusing three patients who were also his employees, making inappropriate and sexual comments in patient records, and applying white-out to records to conceal information during a College investigation.

The member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a public reprimand, a four-month suspension, completion of ethics courses, $48,180 in security for patient therapy, and $30,000 in costs.

The member, an optometrist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for practicing while in a conflict of interest, sharing fees with a non-member, and practicing through an unauthorized professional corporation.

The member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, terms and conditions on the member's certificate including an essay and independent contractor agreement oversight, and $7,500 in costs.

The College of Optometrists of Ontario brought professional misconduct allegations against Dr. Gordon Ng for submitting false OHIP claims and failing to maintain patient records.

Dr. Ng pled guilty to the allegations, acknowledging his prior provincial offences convictions for OHIP fraud.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 14-week suspension, completion of an ethics course, and $5,000 in costs.