Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 05 Jul 1991
Summary:
In July 1991, Dr. Hancock pleaded guilty to a charge of professional misconduct, as defined in Ontario Regulation 448/80, as amended, in that he failed to maintain the records that are required to be kept respecting his patients, contrary to s. 27(3); and in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession, contrary to s. 27(21). The Discipline Committee accepted this plea, and found Dr. Hancock guilty of professional misconduct. Consequently, the Committee ordered that Dr. Hancock be reprimanded, with the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the Register. The Committee further ruled that the Doctor's licence was to be suspended for a period of three months, with the second and third months of the suspension to be themselves suspended if he complied with a monitoring program for two years, as follows: a person, not from Dr. Hancock's hospital, satisfactory to the Registrar, was to review one week's emergency room charts per month, at random, the week to be the monitor's choice; and a report was to be submitted to the Registrar that would satisfy him that Dr. Hancock was maintaining the standard of practice.
Appeal: Appeal Dismissed
Appeal Decision Date: 1993-01-12
Hearing Date(s): 05 Jul 1991