Health Law - CTCMPAO

The Member was found to have committed professional misconduct involving non-consensual sexual touching and inappropriate messages directed at students and a junior employee.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought revocation while the Member sought a 3-4 month suspension.

The Discipline Committee imposed a 6-month suspension, a reprimand, and mandatory ethics courses, noting the serious nature of the boundary violations and exploitation of power imbalances, balanced against the Member's lack of prior discipline history.

The Committee also ordered the Member to pay $50,000 in costs.

The College alleged that the Member participated in a fraudulent billing scheme where her clinics submitted over 130 false or partially false insurance claims to Sun Life using the credentials of a registered massage therapist without her knowledge.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member, as the clinic owner and a regulated professional, was responsible for the billing practices and had exclusive access to the bank accounts receiving the funds.

The Committee concluded that the College proved all allegations of professional misconduct, including failing to maintain standards of practice, submitting false accounts, falsifying records, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The College alleged that the Member, an instructor at a traditional Chinese medicine school, committed professional misconduct involving three complainants.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member touched Complainant C's buttocks without consent, sent inappropriate and sexually suggestive messages to Complainant A (a former and current student), and touched Complainant B's buttocks without consent during a class demonstration.

The Committee rejected the Member's denials and his theory that the complaints were fabricated due to the influence of another student.

The Committee concluded that the Member's actions constituted disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct, as well as conduct unbecoming a practitioner.

A penalty hearing was ordered to be scheduled.

The Member admitted to professional misconduct, including sexual abuse and failing to maintain professional boundaries with a patient.

The Member made inappropriate sexual comments to the patient and engaged in personal and business activities with her during the treating relationship.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension (with one month remitted upon completion of an ethics course), reimbursement of up to $17,370 for patient therapy, and $6,000 in costs.

The College sought to withdraw the allegations contained in a Notice of Hearing against the member because the member had passed away.

The Discipline Committee granted the withdrawal, noting that it was not in the public interest to require a hearing given the member's death.

The member admitted to engaging in professional misconduct by practising acupuncture and holding herself out as a registered member while her certificate of registration was suspended.

She also admitted to obstructing a College investigator and failing to cooperate with the investigation.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the immediate revocation of her certificate of registration, a reprimand, and $4,000 in costs, with an extended 90-day period to pay due to financial difficulties.

The Member was found guilty of professional misconduct for sexually abusing two patients during acupuncture treatment sessions.

The Member had previously pled guilty to criminal charges of sexual assault for the same conduct and received a 12-month conditional sentence.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Member's admissions and the College's evidence, finding the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Committee ordered the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, a public reprimand, reimbursement of up to $34,740 for patient therapy and counselling, and $34,605.56 in costs.

The College brought professional misconduct allegations against the member.

The member did not attend the hearing but had resigned her certificate of registration and provided a written undertaking never to reapply.

The College agreed that, given the resignation and undertaking, it was not contrary to the public interest to adjourn the hearing indefinitely, reserving the right to continue proceedings if the member ever reapplied.

The Discipline Committee adjourned the allegations indefinitely, noting that costs could not be awarded without a finding of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee determined the penalty for a member found to have committed professional misconduct by advising a patient to stop thyroid medication and falsely claiming acupuncture could regrow the thyroid gland, leading to the patient's hospitalization.

The College sought revocation, arguing the member was ungovernable due to his failure to participate in the hearing and his relocation to Korea.

The Committee found the member was not ungovernable, noting his prior expressions of remorse and lack of discipline history.

The Committee ordered a 12-month suspension, a reprimand, remedial terms including the PROBE program, and costs of $29,818.45.

The Member, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and acupuncturist, admitted to professional misconduct including sexual abuse, boundary violations, and failing to obtain informed consent.

The Member made inappropriate personal and sexual remarks to a patient, unclasped her bra without informed consent, and failed to follow communication standards.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty and Costs.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for four months (with one month remitted), required to complete an ethics course, ordered to reimburse the College up to $17,370 for patient therapy funding, and ordered to pay $5,000 in costs.