DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
accusations of fraud towards her to the police after
she quit her job as a result of the sexual harassment.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in sexual abuse of and dis-
graceful, dishonourable and unprofessional conduct
towards Patient F, who was also employed in his
office. He made inappropriate comments and sent
her a sexualized text message.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable and
unprofessional conduct towards Ms. G, a high school
student who worked in his office. He made inappro-
priate and sexualized comments to her and then fired
her after she expressed concerns to the manager.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in sexual abuse and disgrace-
ful, dishonourable and unprofessional conduct
towards Patient H. This occurred in respect of a
sexualized rectal examination and two breast exami-
nations during which he fondled her breasts, and
made sexualized comments.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable
and unprofessional conduct in relation to Ms. I,
a woman with whom he had an occasional sexual
relationship, and to whom he supplied Oxycontin.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in sexual abuse and disgrace-
ful, dishonourable and unprofessional conduct
towards Patient J. He fondled the patient’s buttocks
at several medical appointments.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable and
unprofessional conduct in relation to Patient K. He
suggested that Patient K seek to become a medical
marijuana patient and sell off some of the marijuana,
in order to split the proceeds with Dr. Sekhon.
• Dr. Sekhon engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable
and unprofessional conduct in consistently seek-
ing to conceal his misconduct from the College,
including by obstructing and interfering with the
College’s investigation and prosecution. Among
other things, he threatened witnesses and paid
some witnesses to send letters to the College in
which they recanted the information they had
provided and accused the College investigator of
misconduct.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: Dr. Sekhon’s
certificate of registration be immediately revoked; a
reprimand; reimbursement to the College for fund-
ing provided to those patients in respect of whom
this panel has found Dr. Sekhon to have engaged in
sexual abuse by posting an irrevocable letter of credit
in the amount of $80,300.00. The Committee also
ordered Dr. Sekhon to pay costs to the College in the
amount of $5,000.00.
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At the conclusion of the hearing, Dr. Sekhon waived his
right to an appeal and the Committee administered the
public reprimand.
DR. DANIEL CHARLES SWEET
PRACTICE LOCATION: Ottawa
AREA OF PRACTICE: General Practice
HEARING INFORMATION: Admission, Agreed Statement of
Facts; Joint Submission on Penalty
On July 14, 2017, the Discipline Committee found
that Dr. Sweet committed an act of professional mis-
conduct in that he failed to maintain the standard of
practice of the profession and in that he engaged in
conduct or an act or omission relevant to the practice
of medicine that, having regard to all the circum-
stances, would reasonably be regarded by members as
disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.
Dr. Sweet received his certificate of registration
authorizing independent practice in Ontario in
June 1982 and was certified by the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as a specialist in
anesthesiology in June 1989. Dr. Sweet transitioned
from anesthesiology to general practice in 1994.
BACKGROUND
On August 6, 2002, the Discipline Committee or-
dered the Registrar to impose terms, limitations and
conditions on Dr. Sweet’s certificate of registration,
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