discipline summaries
Order
The Discipline Committee ordered and directed that:
1. The Registrar place the following terms, conditions and limitations on Dr. Nicol’s certificate of
registration:
(a) Dr. Nicol shall not issue new prescriptions or
renew existing prescriptions for any of the following substances:
(i) Narcotic Drugs (from the Narcotic Control Regulations made under the Controlled
Drugs and Substances Act, S.C., 1996, c.
19);
(ii) Narcotic Preparations (from the Narcotic
Control Regulations made under the
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C.,
1996, c. 19);
(iii) Controlled Drugs (from Schedule G of the
Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act,
S.C., 1985, c. F-27);
(iv) Benzodiazepines/Other Targeted Substances (from the Benzodiazepines and Other
Targeted Substances Regulations made
under the Controlled Drugs and Substances
Act., S.C., 1996, c. 19); (collectively referred to as the “Restricted Substances”)
(v) All other Monitored Drugs (as defined under the Narcotic Safety and Awareness Act,
S.O. 2010, c. 22.
(b) Dr. Nicol shall not take on any new chronic
pain patients;
(c) Dr. Nicol shall refer patients who are diabetic
or who have impaired glucose tolerance to a
specialty clinic for assessment and treatment
recommendations;
(d) Dr. Nicol shall post a clearly visible sign in his
waiting room in the form set out at Schedule
“D”.
(e) Dr. Nicol shall, within 30 days from the date
of this Order, retain a College-approved clinical preceptor, who will sign an undertaking.
For a period of 12 months commencing on the
day, the clinical preceptor is retained, Dr. Nicol may practice only under the supervision of
the clinical preceptor and will abide at his own
expense by all recommendations of his clinical
preceptor with respect to his practice;
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(f ) If Dr. Nicol is unable to obtain a clinical preceptor on the terms set out under 1(e) above,
he shall cease practising medicine until such
time as he has obtained a clinical preceptor
acceptable to the College. If he [is] required to
cease practice as a result of this paragraph, this
will constitute a term, condition and limitation on his certificate of registration and such
term, condition and limitation shall be included on the public register;
(g) For a period of 12 months, Dr. Nicol may
practice only with a College-appointed clinical
supervisor, who will sign an undertaking;
(h) Upon completion of this 12-month period, as
described in paragraphs 1(e) and 1(g), within
three months, Dr. Nicol shall undergo a reassessment of his clinical practice by a Collegeappointed assessor. This re-assessment by the
assessor will include a review of Dr. Nicol’s
office charts and an interview with Dr. Nicol.
Dr. Nicol shall abide by all recommendations
made by the College-appointed assessor. The
assessor shall report the results of this re-assessment to the College;
(i) Two years after the completion of the re-assessment referred to above in paragraph 1(h), Dr.
Nicol shall undergo a further re-assessment of
his clinical practice by a College- appointed assessor, in addition to the re-assessment referred
to in paragraph 1(h) above and, regardless of
that re-assessor’s recommendations. Dr. Nicol
shall abide by all recommendations made by
the College-appointed assessor. The assessor
shall report the results of this re-assessment to
the College;
(j) On an annual basis, Dr. Nicol shall meet and
demonstrate to the College that he has met the
annual continuing medical education requirements expected of members of the College of
Family Physicians of Canada;
(k) Dr. Nicol shall be responsible for any and all
costs associated with implementing the terms
of this Order;
(l) Dr. Nicol shall consent to the sharing of
information between the preceptors, supervisors, assessor(s) and the College as any of them
deem necessary or desirable in order to fulfill
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