On August 30, 2012, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Joyce Beryl Rejeanne Wong Buckley committed an act of professional misconduct, in that the governing body of a health profession in a jurisdiction other than Ontario has found that the member committed an act of professional misconduct that would, in the opinion of the panel, be an act of misconduct as defined in the regulations.
Dr. Buckley practised in New York State pursuant to a license which authorized her to practise obstetrics and gynaecology only in the medically under-serviced area of Watertown. On September 12, 2008, the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct found that, between approximately 2005 through 2007, Dr. Buckley reviewed information submitted online and authorized the dispensing of prescriptions for non-controlled prescription drugs to persons located throughout the United States. Approximately 75,000 prescribing determinations were made in her name, at $2.00 per determination. The online patient information was grossly insufficient to make an informed decision about whether the drug should ultimately be dispensed.
It was found that Dr. Buckley's conduct was well below acceptable standards of care and constituted negligence on more than one occasion, gross negligence, practising the profession beyond its authorized scope, failure to maintain patient records and failure to make requested records available to the Department. Based on its findings, the New York State Board revoked Dr. Buckley's medical license and ordered her to pay a fine of $40,000.
The Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ordered and directed that:
Dr. Buckley attend before the panel to be reprimanded.
The Registrar impose the following term, condition and limitation on the certificate of registration of Dr. Buckley:
(i) Dr. Buckley must successfully complete, at her own expense, College-facilitated instruction in Ethics.
Dr. Buckley pay costs to the College in the amount of $3,650.00 within 60 days of the date of this order.
Terms and conditions imposed on certificate by: Discipline Committee