College Connection | Spring 2024
College shares summary from recent discipline hearing
Court orders boarding facility to cease unauthorized practice
College Connection | Spring 2024
DISCIPLINE
College shares summary from recent discipline hearing
The outcomes of discipline hearings are public information and provide a greater understanding of the veterinary profession ’ s accountability to the public .
Summaries are posted on the College website ( www . cvo . org / Discipline- Orders ) and findings are noted on the Public Register . Complete disciplinary decisions are available by contacting the College . The following discipline summary was recently posted :
Dr . Robert W . Burns
As a result of an uncontested professional misconduct hearing , the member was found guilty and
Court orders boarding facility to cease unauthorized practice
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a dog boarding facility and unlicensed individuals in Woodstock to refrain from practising veterinary medicine .
The College initiated proceedings against Tracy Dawn Hiuser and the business Woof ! Pet Wellness Resort , John Huigenbos , and Lillian Campbell ( respondents ) as there was evidence suggesting that they were practising veterinary medicine and advertising his licence was suspended for two months .
The case involved the member ’ s auxiliary dispensing drugs without a veterinarian-client-patient relationship .
The panel found the member failed to meet the standard of practice for a dog with renal failure by not providing intravenous fluids , not properly investigating , assessing and / or treating the severe changes on the bloodwork , providing inappropriate therapy , and failing to properly record assessments in the medical record .
As well as having his licence suspended , the penalty includes a reprimand , an assessment and
they were engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine .
On February 26 , 2024 , the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered the respondents to refrain from engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine . The Judgment also awarded the College $ 30,000 .
The Judgment states :
THIS COURT ORDERS the Respondents to comply with section 11 of the Veterinarians Act , RSO 1990 , mentorship , a learning module on medical record-keeping , a peer review of medical records , and an order to pay costs to the College of $ 5,000 .
Read a complete summary of this case on the College website :
cvo . org / Discipline-Orders
c V . 3 ( the Act ) and , in particular , to refrain from :
• Engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine , and
• Holding themselves out as engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine ;
The Veterinarians Act is clear that no one other than a licensed veterinarian can practise veterinary medicine in Ontario .
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