Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 07 Oct 2002
Summary:
On October 7, 2002, the Discipline Committee accepted Dr. Emmett(s plea of guilty and found him guilty of professional misconduct in that he sexually abused a patient. The Committee ordered the following penalty:
1. The Discipline Committee requires Dr. Emmett to attend before this panel to be reprimanded, the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register.
2. The Discipline Committee directs the Registrar to revoke Dr. Emmett(s certificate of registration effective October 14, 2002.
3. The Discipline Committee Orders Dr. Emmett to reimburse the College for funding up to the amount of $10,000 provided for the complainant under the program required under s. 85.7 of the Health Professions Procedural Code and directs Dr. Emmett to post security in the amount of $10,000 acceptable to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to guarantee the payment of any amounts Dr. Emmett may be required to reimburse under this order.
In addition, the Discipline Committee requires that Dr. Emmett pay part of the College(s costs to the College, fixed in the amount of $ 2,500.00 by October 28, 2002.