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Past Tribunal Proceedings (3)
On March 13, 2015, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Patel committed the following acts of professional misconduct:
failing to maintain the standard of practice of the profession; and
engaging in an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by registrants as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.
The Discipline Committee also found that the registrant is incompetent.
On May 20, 2015, the Discipline Committee ordered that:
the registrant attend before the panel to be reprimanded;
the Registrar revoke the registrant’s certificate of registration effective immediately; and
the parties deliver written submissions with respect to costs payable to the College, to be exchanged and filed with the Hearings Office of the College within 21 days of the date of the order.
On January 28, 2016, the Discipline Committee ordered that:
the registrant pay the College costs in the amount of $22,300 within 60 days of the order.
The "Download Full Decision" link provides the Discipline Committee’s decision and any reprimand.
All published OPSDT reasons are available at www.canlii.org/en/on/onpsdt/.
Hearing exhibits, including any agreed statement of facts or statement of uncontested facts, can be obtained by contacting the Tribunal Office at [email protected].
The Discipline Committee ordered the following:
The penalty imposed by the Discipline Committee is as follows:
(1) Dr. Patel is required to appear before the panel to be reprimanded, the reprimand to be recorded on the Register.
(2) The Registrar will be directed to suspend Dr. Patel(s certificate of registration for a period of three months;
(3) The three month suspension will itself be suspended, provided that:
(i) Dr. Patel attends, as soon as possible but not later than November 30, 1999, at his own expense, a PREP assessment and completes any remedial and assessment steps recommended by the PREP assessor;
(ii) In the event that Dr. Patel scores level 3 or better at PREP, he will be permittedto practise while undergoing those remedial steps. In the event Dr. Patel scores level 4 or worse, he will be required to withdraw from practice pending his achieving level 3 or higher on re-assessment;
(iii) Dr. Patel will take, at his own expense, the course offered by The College entitled (Record-Keeping for Family Physicians( to be held on September 17, 1999;
(iv) Dr. Patel(s office records will be re-assessed by the College at his expense, on a date to be arranged between September 1, 2000, and December 31, 2000.
(v) In the event that Dr. Patel fails to comply with Paragraph 3(i), 3(ii), 3(iii) or 3(iv) herein, the Registrar shall be directed to suspend Dr. Patel(s Certificate of Registration for a period of three months, to commence an a date to be fixed by the Registrar.
1. Dr. Patel was to be reprimanded, with the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register.
2. Dr. Patel was to attend an Educational Tutorial Program and was to provide the Registrar with a report from the program supervisor indicating his satisfactory completion of the course.
3. Dr. Patel was to participate in a Heart and Stroke Seminar.
4. Dr. Patel was to consent to the Registrar sending to the McMaster Physician Review Program (PREP) a copy of these reasons, and was to complete the PREP and any Physician Enhancement Program(s) recommended, to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
5. Dr. Patel was to agree to bear all costs associated with fulfillment of the terms of this penalty.
6. In the event that Dr. Patel failed to meet any of these requirements within twelve months of this Order becoming final, his licence to practice was to be suspended until the conditions were met.
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Registration History
| DETAILS | DATE |
|---|---|
| Revoked: Discipline Committee. | Effective: 20 May 2015 |
| Suspension of registration imposed: Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee | Effective: 27 Aug 2014 |
| Terms and conditions amended by Member. | Effective: 24 Aug 2014 |
| Terms and conditions amended by Member. | Effective: 16 May 2014 |
| Transfer of class of registration to: Restricted Certificate | Effective: 01 May 2014 |
| Effective: 01 May 2014 | |
| Transfer of class of registration to: Independent Practice Certificate | Effective: 09 Jul 1980 |
| Subsequent certificate of registration issued: Postgraduate Education Certificate | Effective: 01 Jan 1979 |
| Expired: Terms and conditions of certificate of registration | Effective: 30 Jun 1978 |
| First certificate of registration issued: Postgraduate Education Certificate | Effective: 15 Jun 1976 |
