Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 24 Apr 2006
Summary:
On August 2, 2012, the Discipline Committee, further to a motion by Dr. Kingstone, ordered and directed that 2(ii) of the June 5, 2006 Order shall be varied, to read as follows:
2(ii) That Dr. Kingstone shall keep a copy of all prescriptions for controlled drugs and substances including benzodiazepines in each patient chart. In addition, Dr. Kingstone shall keep a log of all prescriptions for controlled drugs and substances, including benzodiazepines.
The Committee further ordered and directed that 2(iii) of the 2006 Order shall be varied, to read as follows:
2(iii) That Dr. Kingstone shall be required to practice under the supervision of a clinical supervisor acceptable to the College, who has signed the undertaking attached as Appendix 2 to the June 5, 2006 Order. The supervision shall include that Dr. Kingstone is required to meet with the supervisor once monthly at which time the supervisor will review a representative sample of Dr. Kingstone’s patient charts (to be chosen by the supervisor), and discuss them with Dr. Kingstone. Dr. Kingstone is required to follow any recommendations of the clinical supervisor. The supervisor shall submit reports to the College as outlined in the Undertaking.
Dr. Kingstone will still be prohibited from prescribing narcotics. He will meet with a clinical supervisor monthly. Copies of all prescriptions for controlled substances, including benzodiazepines, will be kept in patient charts and a log of all such prescriptions will be kept.
On February 18, 2016, the Discipline Committee, further to a motion by Dr. Kingstone, made an Order to vary the June 5, 2006 Order of the Discipline Committee (as varied by the August 2, 2012 Order of the Discipline Committee).
Specifically, the Discipline Committee ordered that the 2006 Order, as varied by the 2012 Order, shall be further varied effective February 10, 2016: (1) to eliminate the supervision requirement contained in paragraph 2(iii) thereof; and (2) to eliminate the requirement for a reassessment pursuant to paragraph 2(iv) of the said Order, and to eliminate the requirement to pay the expenses of such supervision and reassessment pursuant to paragraph 2(v) of the said Order.