discipline summaries
DR. ROLAND CHEE KONG WONG
Practice Location: Toronto
Area of Practice: Community Medicine
Hearing Information: Contested Hearing, Contested
Penalty
On December 12, 2012, the Discipline Committee
found that Dr. Wong committed acts of professional
misconduct, in that he failed to maintain the standard
of practice of the profession with respect to:
• is completion of the Special Diet Allowance (SDA)
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forms, in that he did not take the necessary steps to
satisfy himself that the 15 patients, whose records
were before the Committee, had the conditions
reported on the forms;
• is record-keeping. Dr. Wong’s level of documentah
tion in the 15 charts reviewed supporting confirmation of each condition varied from minimal to
non-existent.
• is OHIP billing, in that Dr. Wong did not obh
tain sufficient information to attest to the various
medical conditions which he confirmed on the SDA
forms. Consequently, he did not meet the requirement of taking a reasonable history of the reported
condition prior to billing OHIP for a partial assessment in the 15 charts reviewed.
The committee also found that he engaged in conduct
relevant to the practice of medicine that, having regard
to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded
by members as unprofessional, by confirming diagnoses
on SDA forms, without first satisfying himself that the
patient had the specified condition.
Dr. Wong has operated a specialized SDA clinic since
2005. He developed a simplified form for patients to
complete at the start of the visit. The clinic population
was composed of people who were not ongoing patients
and for whom he provided no continuing care.
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Reasons for Findings
Allegation of Failing to Maintain the Standard
of Practice of the Profession
The standard of practice regarding completion of
the SDA forms
The standard o