discipline summaries
dations following the assessment. These measures will
ensure Dr. Savic maintains the standard of practice,
and ensure the safety of his patients.
To ensure compliance and maintenance of the standard of practice, Dr. Savic was ordered to maintain a
comprehensive medication log for the prescription of
any synthetic narcotics, keep copies of those prescriptions and keep prescription pads safely locked away.
He cannot delegate controlled acts and cannot conduct or interpret echocardiograms or exercise stress
tests, and shall promptly refer all patients requiring
such tests to another physician.
The Committee hoped that the successful completion of the College-facilitated instruction in ethics
would help Dr. Savic to gain further insight into his
misconduct.
The Committee ordered Dr. Savic to pay the tariff
cost of $4,460, for one-day of hearing.
Order
The Committee ordered and directed that:
1. The Registrar suspend Dr. Savic’s certificate of
registration for a two-month period effective immediately.
2. The Registrar to impose the following terms, conditions and limitations on Dr. Savic’s certificate of
registration:
i. Dr. Savic, at his own expense, is to submit to
a comprehensive practice assessment of his
practice, by an assessor selected by the College, immediately following the completion of
the individualized educational plan, which is
now in progress, and which is expected to be
completed by July 31, 2015;
ii. Dr. Savic shall abide by those recommendations made by the assessor which are determined by the Inquiries, Complaints and
Reports Committee to be reasonable. Dr.
Savic shall be permitted to make written
submissions on his own behalf within 30 days
of receipt of the assessment to the Inquiries,
Complaints and Reports Committee. The
Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee shall receive and review the assessor’s
recommendations and Dr. Savic’s written
submissions and make a determination regard-
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ing whether or not the recommendations, or
any of them, are reasonable and if so, whether
they constitute terms, conditions or limitations on Dr. Savic’s practice, in which case
they will be included on the public register.
iii. Dr. Savic shall, at his own expense, successfully complete College-facilitated instruction
in ethics no later than one year from the date
of this Order;
iv. Dr. Savic shall not delegate to any other person any controlled act as that term is defined
in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991;
v. Dr. Savic shall not conduct or interpret echocardiograms or exercise stress tests, nor shall
he permit his patients to undergo such testing
at a facility owned by him, a member of his
family, or a corporation wholly, substantially,
or actually owned by him or a member of his
family, and he shall promptly refer all patients
requiring such testing to another physician.
vi. Dr. Savic shall keep a log (the “prescribing log”) of all prescriptions for tremadol,
tramacet, tidural or any other synthetic
narcotic (“synthetic narcotics”), which will
include at least the following information:
(i) the date of the prescription;
(ii) the name of the patient with chart/file
number;
(iii) the name of the medication prescribed;
(iv) the medication dosage;
(v) the quantity prescribed;
(vi) the clinical indication for use and ]Y[