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Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 08 Nov 2004
Summary:
On November 8, 2004, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Pyne committed acts of professional
misconduct in that:
(a) he practised while knowing that he has deficient clinical ability;
(b) he
practised during the period after he was notified by the College that he has deficient clinical
ability and before he was notified by the College that he no longer has deficient clinical
ability; and
(c) he committed an act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine that, having
regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful.
The
Discipline Committee imposed the following penalty:
1. The Discipline Committee directs Dr. Pyne
to attend before the Discipline Committee to be reprimanded.
2. The Discipline Committee directs
the Registrar to suspend Dr. Pyne(s certificate of registration for a period of 10 months which
will include the period during which Dr. Pyne(s license was interimly suspended; the suspension
will cease on November 9, 2004.
3. The Discipline Committee directs the Registrar to impose the
following terms, conditions and limitations on Dr. Pyne(s certificate of registration:
(a) that
Dr. Pyne abide by the recommendation of the Quality Assurance Committee that he cease and desist
practice, unless and until that recommendation is changed, at which time he shall abide by any
other recommendation made by the Quality Assurance Committee.
4. The Discipline Committee
directs that Dr. Pyne pay costs to the College in the amount of $2,500.00.
5. The Discipline
Committee further directs that the results of this proceeding be recorded on the public Register.
Decision: Download Full Decision (PDF)
Appeal: No Appeal
Hearing Date(s): Nov 08, 2004
Committee: Discipline
Decision Date: 24 Jun 2002
Summary:
On June 24, 2002, the Discipline Committee accepted Dr. Pyne(s plea of guilt and found him guilty
of professional misconduct in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the
profession . By way of accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Discipline Committee ordered
that:
1) Dr. Pyne be reprimanded, the fact of the reprimand to be recorded on the
Register;
2) Dr. Pyne be referred to the Quality Assurance Committee and abide by the Committee(s
recommendations and comply with any terms, limitations and conditions which that Committee may
impose on his certificate of registration
3) Dr. Pyne pay costs to the College in the amount of
$2,500.00 by July 24, 2002; and,
4) Dr. Pyne will complete the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario Boundaries Course within the next 12 months.
Decision: Download Full Decision (PDF)
Appeal: No Appeal
Hearing Date(s): Jun 24, 2002