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mitted to do so; she had not been seeing her family
physician as required by her PHP contract, and she
had made it appear to her psychiatrist and addictions specialist, and to the PHP, that her medications
were being prescribed by her family physician when,
in fact, she had been self-prescribing. She also did
not attend her Caduceus Group as frequently as was
required by her PHP contract.
It is the fundamental responsibility of a member
to comply with an undertaking to the College. The
privilege of self-regulation and the ability of the
profession to self-govern in the public interest, require members to be governable and to comply with
undertakings.
The Committee took into account several aggravating factors in this case. First, this was not Dr. Egles’
first breach, as she also did not comply with the
contract she had entered into with the PHP. Second,
within the undertaking with the College, Dr. Egles
breached more than one condition to which she had
agreed.
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