{"id":10141,"date":"2014-09-22T07:31:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T07:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:81\/wordpress\/?p=10141"},"modified":"2014-09-22T07:31:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T07:31:53","slug":"ontario-doctors-practice-restricted-after-sexual-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/ontario-doctors-practice-restricted-after-sexual-abuse-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario doctor&#8217;s practice restricted after sexual abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postContent post-content\">\n<div>\n<p>Being convicted of a sex-related offence in Ontario can not only result in a jail sentence; individuals convicted of sex crimes often face employment difficulties and long-term reputation damage. For example, a medical professional accused of a sex offence could face additional restrictions under the Regulated Health Professions Act.<\/p>\n<p>A 53-year-old doctor in Mississauga is in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2014\/09\/18\/mississauga_doctor_sees_maleonly_patients_after_sexual_abuse_discipline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this situation<\/a>\u00a0after admitting that, between 2005 and 2011, he sexually abused as many as 13 female patients by placing either his cheek or mouth on the women&#8217;s breasts. While he has been allowed to practice medicine again after an eight-month licence suspension, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has restricted his practice to treating males only.<\/p>\n<p>In online reviews, former patients have given high marks to the doctor, who said in testimony before the discipline committee that he was going through a difficult, confusing time in his life when the offences occurred, and that he was occasionally suicidal and unaware of his actions.<\/p>\n<p>A psychiatrist also testified that the nature of the transgressions was not sexual, but rather expressive of an unfulfilled need for familiarity dating back to the man&#8217;s childhood.<\/p>\n<p>The Regulated Health Profession Act specifies that only certain kinds of serious sexual transgressions should result in the required revocation of a medical licence. However, a disciplinary panel can still impose a licence suspension, along with other restrictions, after certain lesser offences.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor in this case must now post a notice at the entrance to the clinic where he works to inform the public that the doctor &#8220;may treat male patients only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To achieve the best possible resolution of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/Sex-Crimes-Domestic-Offences\/Sexual-Assault-Related-Offences.html\">sex offence allegations<\/a>, accused individuals will need to work with a lawyer to prepare a careful criminal defence. Early preparation is often the key to success in these cases, so anyone facing a sex crime charge should speak with a criminal defence lawyer as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being convicted of a sex-related offence in Ontario can not only result in a jail sentence; individuals convicted of sex crimes often face employment difficulties and long-term reputation damage. For example, a medical professional accused of a sex offence could face additional restrictions under the Regulated Health Professions Act. A 53-year-old doctor in Mississauga is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[43,12],"class_list":["post-10141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sexual-assault","tag-criminal-defence","tag-sexual-assault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nrlawyers.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}