College Connection | Summer 2025
Summary available from recent discipline hearing
College Connection | Summer 2025
Summary available 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. Findings are posted on the College website, the Public Register, and on CanLii.
Dr. Jay Mengi
As a result of a professional misconduct hearing, the member’ s licence was suspended for one month. The issues in the case included failure to train auxiliary staff to recognize a potentially urgent situation, failure to assess and treat a urinary obstruction emergency appropriately, and failure to convey the seriousness of the animal’ s condition to the client.
The penalty includes assessment of the member’ s knowledge of the issues in the case, and a one-day mentorship. Remediation includes a medical record-keeping course, an essay on learnings from the remediation, and up to three record reviews. As well, the member must pay costs to the College of $ 5,000.
Dr. Tejwant Chahal
The professional misconduct hearing dealt with two similar matters related to record-keeping and failure to maintain standards. The member’ s records lacked detail in several areas, including failure to identify puppies from one another, did not distinguish physical exam findings, and did not
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Remediation includes the medical record-keeping module for companion animals, and eight record reviews, followed by up to two additional rounds of reviews if the records are unsatisfactory. As well, the member must pay costs to the College of $ 5,000.
Dr. Peter Vatcher
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As a result of a professional misconduct hearing, the member’ s licence was suspended for two months. The issues in the case included failure to maintain proper records and failure to discuss professional fees in advance of providing veterinary services.
The penalty includes assessment of the member’ s knowledge regarding professional fees and record-keeping. Remediation includes completion of learning modules on informed client consent and medical record keeping, and up to four record reviews. As well, the member must pay costs to the College of $ 36,449.92.
Dr. Brian Van Arem
As a result of a professional misconduct hearing, the member’ s licence was suspended for one month. The issues in the case focused on failure to maintain proper records.
The penalty includes assessment of the member’ s knowledge regarding professional fees and record-keeping. Remediation includes completion of learning modules on informed client consent and medical record-keeping, and up to four record reviews. As well, the member must pay costs to the College of $ 24,634.95.
Read a complete summary from each of the discipline hearings at:
cvo. org / discipline-orders
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