Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 22 Feb 2005
Summary:
On February 22, 2005, the Discipline Committee found Dr. Lad committed an act of professional misconduct under paragraph 1(1)33, of Ontario Regulation No. 856/93, made under the Medicine Act, 1991, in that he has engaged in conduct or an act relevent to the practice of medicine that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable, or unprofessional (rude, inappropriate and abusive statements he made to a minor patient).
Therefore the Discipline Committee ordered and directed that:
1. The Registrar suspend Dr. Mohanlal Bhulabhai Lad’s Certificate of Registration for a period of two months, commencing on March 1, 2005.
2. The Registrar impose the following terms, conditions and limitations on Dr. Mohanlal Bhulabhai Lad’s Certificate of Registration:
(a) Dr. Lad is required to successfully complete, at his own expense, within six months of the finding of professional misconduct:
(i) the College’s course “Physician–Patient Communication and Interviewing Skills”; and
(ii) the College’s course “Medical Ethics”.
3. Dr. Mohanlal Bhulabhai Lad attend before the Discipline Committee to be reprimanded and that the fact of the reprimand be recorded on the Public Register.