The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) regulates the practice of medicine in the province under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 and the Medicine Act, 1991. When concerns are raised about a physician’s conduct or competence, the matter is investigated by the College’s Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, which may dismiss the complaint, issue a caution or remediation order, or refer the matter to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal for a hearing.
CPSO discipline outcomes range from advice and remediation, to public reprimand, to conditions on a certificate of registration, to suspension, to revocation. The most serious cases, including those involving sexual abuse, fraud, or clinical incompetence, are heard by the OPSDT and result in publicly reported decisions.
Discipline proceedings are regulatory and do not compensate patients. A patient who has suffered injury from negligent care must pursue a civil claim separately. CPSO and OPSDT findings can, however, be a useful source of information about a physician’s history and the regulator’s view of the relevant standard of practice.
Posts tagged CPSO Discipline analyze recent disciplinary outcomes affecting Ontario physicians, including the clinical context and the penalty imposed.
A practical guide to filing complaints about medical care in Ontario, from hospital patient relations and the Patient Ombudsman to the regulatory colleges and the Office of the Chief Coroner.
Ontario discipline tribunal imposes four-month suspension, practice restrictions, and mandatory supervision on chronic pain physician with pattern of prior concerns.
Ontario discipline tribunal revokes psychiatrist’s licence for issuing over 1,400 COVID exemption letters for profit, with dual misconduct and incompetence findings.
Ontario discipline tribunal imposes suspension on fertility physician based on Quebec findings, including federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act breaches.
Ontario discipline tribunal grants conditional reinstatement to psychiatrist whose licence was revoked in 2018 for serious professional boundary violations.
Ontario ER physician suspended after sending home a 19-year-old with a peritonitic abdomen; she died of septic shock. CPSO v Duic, 2025 ONPSDT 11.
Ontario anesthesiologist suspended ten months for lapses in vigilance, altering records after adverse events, and OHIP misbilling. CPSO v Sharma, 2025 ONPSDT 5.
OPSDT accepts joint submission for permanent resignation after physician surreptitiously drugged a patient/employee with Rohypnol and Lorazepam, then self-administered to evade detection.
The Divisional Court affirms the OPSDT’s revocation of Dr. Trozzi’s licence. The Doré framework, the non-cooperation duty, and the limits of physician speech.
An Ontario tribunal ruled physicians have no Charter privacy interest in their patients’ records. Subsequent proceedings produced a 12-month suspension.
A family physician suspended for 12 months after charging patients for Accessible Parking Permit applications and certifying eligibility his charts did not support.
A physician was suspended for seven months after a CPSO audit found he had failed to comply with restrictions imposed in 2016 after a finding of sexual abuse.
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