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Audiologist found guilty of professional misconduct for substandard practice and misleading the College; suspended and reprimanded.
The Member, an audiologist, faced allegations of professional misconduct including inadequate record keeping, failure to refer patients for medical evaluation, improper prescription of hearing aids, incomplete assessments, and misleading a College investigator.
The Member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts.
The Discipline Committee found the Member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission as to Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a four-month suspension (two months suspended upon completion of conditions), monitoring, and costs of $2,000.
Physician's appeal of license revocation for sexual abuse dismissed; no spousal exemption exists for concurrent relationships.
The appellant physician appealed a decision of the Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which revoked his certificate of registration for sexual abuse and professional misconduct.
The appellant argued for a 'spousal exemption' to the sexual abuse provisions and claimed the legislation was applied retroactively.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding that the concurrent doctor-patient and sexual relationships met the definition of sexual abuse, no spousal exemption existed, and the legislation was not applied retroactively.
