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Date:
18/04/24 20:53:16 PM
Laing, Alan Ross
CPSO#:
22329
MEMBER STATUS
Expired: Resigned from membership as of
10 Oct 2013
CURRENT OR PAST CPSO REGISTRATION CLASS
None
as of
06 Feb 2013
Summary
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Former Name:
No Former Name
Gender:
Male
Languages Spoken:
English
Education: Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistr, 1964
Practice Information
Primary Location of Practice
Practice Address Not Available
Specialties
| Specialty |
Issued On |
Type |
| No Speciality Reported |
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Registration History
| Action |
Issue Date |
| First certificate of registration issued: Postgraduate Education Certificate |
Effective: 01 Jul 1964 |
| Expired: Terms and conditions of certificate of registration |
Expiry: 14 Jun 1965 |
| Subsequent certificate of registration Issued: Independent Practice Certificate |
Effective: 04 Sep 1969 |
| Transfer of class of certificate to: Restricted certificate |
Effective: 11 Apr 1995 |
| Transfer of class of registration to: Independent Practice Certificate |
Effective: 27 Aug 1997 |
| Transfer of class of certificate to: Restricted certificate |
Effective: 17 Jan 2013 |
| Terms and conditions imposed on certificate |
Effective: 17 Jan 2013 |
| Transfer of class of registration to: Independent Practice Certificate |
Effective: 06 Feb 2013 |
| Expired: Resigned from membership. |
Expiry: 10 Oct 2013 |
Previous Hearings
Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 04 Sep 2013
Summary:
On September 4, 2013, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Alan Ross Laing committed an act of professional misconduct, in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession. Dr. Laing admitted the allegation.
Dr. Laing failed to maintain the standard of practice with respect to 25 patients, and exposed his patients to risk of harm, based on various deficiencies in his psychotherapy practice, including substandard record keeping, substandard care and boundary violations.
Dr. Laing has executed an undertaking to the College by which, among other things, he resigns his membership in the College effective October 10, 2013, undertakes never to apply or reapply for registration as a physician to practise medicine in Ontario or any other jurisdiction after that date, and will be subject to continued supervision of his practice until his resignation takes effect.
The Committee ordered and directed that:
( Dr. Laing attend before the panel to be reprimanded
( Dr. Laing pay to the College costs in the amount of $4,460 within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order
Decision: Download Full Decision (PDF)
Appeal: No Appeal
Hearing Date(s): September 4, 2013
Committee: Fitness to Practice
Decision Date: 11 Apr 1995
Summary:
On April 11, 1995, a panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee found Dr. Alan Ross Laing to be an incapacitated member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Health Professions Procedural Code, Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, and ordered that a set of conditions be imposed on Dr. Laing(s certificate of registration. On August 27, 1997, a panel of the Fitness to Practise Committee ordered the removal of the conditions imposed pursuant to its order of April 11, 1995.
Appeal: Notice of Appeal
Concerns
Source:
Compliance and Monitoring Department
Active Date: October 10, 2013
Expiry Date:
Summary:
Undertaking by Dr. Alan Ross Laing to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (the “College”). (NOTE: This is a summary of the undertaking. For the complete terms, contact the College’s Membership Department):
I, Dr. Laing:
(2) Acknowledge and agree that the College referred allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence to the Discipline Committee in a Notice of Hearing dated April 18, 2012 (the “Notice of Hearing”).
(3) Hereby resign from the College effective October 10, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).
(4) Hereby undertake never to apply or re-apply for registration as a physician to practise medicine in Ontario or any other jurisdiction after the Effective Date.
(6) Undertake to the College that no later than 30 days before the Effective Date, I shall forward a request to the General Manager of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (“OHIP”) that my billing number be deactivated for services rendered after the Effective Date.
(8) Give my irrevocable consent to the College to provide information resulting in this Undertaking and any Discipline Committee order, decision, reasons, or exhibits relating to the discipline proceeding against me regarding the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing to any Clinical Supervisors approved under my Clinical Supervision Undertaking.
(9) Give my irrevocable consent to all Clinical Supervisors approved under my Clinical Supervision Undertaking to disclose to the College, and to one another, all information relevant to this Undertaking and/or relevant for the purposes of monitoring my compliance with this Undertaking.
(10) Give my irrevocable consent to the College to make appropriate enquiries of OHIP and/or any person or institution that may have relevant information, in order for the College to monitor my compliance with the terms of this Undertaking.
(11) Consent to the terms of this undertaking being entered on the register as information that is available to the public.