Acupuncturist found guilty of professional misconduct for advising patient to stop thyroid medication.
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.
Ontario (College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners & Acupuncturists of Ontario) v Kyung Chun Oh, 2022 ONCTCMPAO 18
