On December 6, 2010, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Khan has committed an act of professional misconduct in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession.
Deficiencies were identified in Dr. Khan's liposuction practice pertaining to engaging in liposuction in an unsafe facility, failing to monitor patients before and after liposuction procedures and in charting deficiently. Dr. Khan failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession between 2006 and 2008 in his care of five liposuction patients in each of these areas.
The Discipline Committee ordered and directed that:
1. Dr. Khan attend before the panel to be reprimanded, with the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register.
2. The Registrar impose the following terms, conditions and limitations on Dr. Khan's
certificate of registration:
a. Dr. Khan shall be prohibited from performing liposuction unless and until such time as he is approved by the College in accordance with the College's Changing Scope of Practice Policy #1-08, as may be amended from time to time, and any other applicable regulations, guidelines or policies as may exist at the time he seeks approval;
b. Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), Dr. Khan may surgically assist in liposuction procedures on the following terms:
i. at a facility approved by the College in accordance with Ontario Regulation 114/94 made under the Medicine Act, 1991 ("O/Reg. 114/94");
ii. with a College approved Royal College certified surgeon who is performing liposuction and who is in attendance for the duration of the liposuction procedure performed; and
iii. Dr. Khan shall not be the most responsible physician for any patients;
c. Dr. Khan shall keep a log containing the names and dates of birth of all patients for whom he surgically assists and the name of the College approved surgeon for whom Dr. Khan is assisting. Dr. Khan shall send this log to the College at the end of each month that he acts as a surgical assistant for one or more liposuction procedures;
d. In any facility owned or operated by Dr. Khan, Dr. Khan shall be prohibited from engaging in any invasive cosmetic surgical procedures as defined in O/Reg. 114/94, as may be amended from time to time, including hair transplants;
e. Dr. Khan shall not interfere with unannounced inspections by the College for the purpose of determining his compliance with this Order.
3. Dr. Khan shall within 30 days pay the College its costs of this proceeding in the amount of $3,650.00.
Terms and conditions imposed on certificate by: Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee
