The appellant physician appealed a decision of the Discipline Committee finding him guilty of professional misconduct for falsifying a record and contravening a condition of his certificate of registration.
The Committee had imposed a penalty that included a reprimand, an ethics course, and a requirement to appoint an independent quality advisor for his diagnostic imaging clinics.
The Divisional Court upheld the finding of professional misconduct, concluding it was reasonable based on the evidence that the appellant attached another physician's electronic signature to a quality advisor agreement without authorization.
However, the Court found the penalty requiring an independent quality advisor was unreasonable as it was not rationally connected to the misconduct found, and varied the penalty to remove that condition.
