CTCMPAO 2022

The member, a registered acupuncturist and massage therapist, admitted to professional misconduct for issuing pre-signed blank receipts and failing to maintain adequate patient records over a ten-year period.

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

The member was reprimanded, suspended for four months, required to complete ethics and record-keeping courses, subjected to a practice audit, and ordered to pay $5,000 in costs.

The College alleged that the respondent acupuncturist engaged in professional misconduct by advising a patient without a thyroid to stop taking his thyroid medication, claiming that acupuncture would regrow the gland.

The patient suffered severe hypothyroidism and was hospitalized.

The Discipline Committee proceeded in the respondent's absence and found that he provided unnecessary and dangerous treatment outside his scope of practice, failed to refer the patient to a medical doctor, and falsified patient records to conceal his actions.

The Committee concluded that the respondent engaged in professional misconduct.

The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario held a discipline hearing regarding allegations that the member issued false receipts for services not rendered, failed to maintain proper patient records, and obstructed a College investigation.

The member did not attend the hearing.

Based on evidence from an undercover investigator and a College investigator, the panel found the member engaged in professional misconduct, including fraudulent billing and physically obstructing the investigator.

The panel revoked the member's certificate of registration and ordered her to pay $25,000 in costs.

The member, a registered acupuncturist, faced allegations of professional misconduct for issuing false receipts, failing to maintain proper records, and facilitating the sale of sexual services at his clinics.

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

The Discipline Committee found the member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a 24-month suspension, terms and conditions including coursework and practice inspections, and $10,000 in costs.

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to comply with the College's Quality Assurance program, including failing to submit self-assessment forms and failing to participate in a peer and practice assessment.

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

The Discipline Committee found the Member engaged in professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, terms and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration, and $4,000 in costs.