DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
and a lack of assessments and diagnoses.
The expert also reviewed five further patient charts
received from Dr. Raymond Wu’s own family practice
clinic and noted no concerns with regard to these five
charts and patient care. The expert opined that Dr.
Raymond Wu met the standard of care expected of a
family physician in a busy urban setting.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: a one-month
suspension of Dr. Wu’s certificate of registration and
a reprimand. He was also ordered to pay costs of
$6,000.
For complete details, please see the full decision at
www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor and enter the
doctor’s name.
DR. TSAI HSING YU
PRACTICE LOCATION: St. Catharines
AREA OF PRACTICE: General Practice
HEARING INFORMATION: Admission; Agreed Statement of
Facts; Joint Submission on Penalty
On November 24, 2017, the Discipline Committee
found that Dr. Yu committed an act of professional
misconduct, in that he engaged in an act or omis-
sion relevant to the practice of medicine that, having
regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be
regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable,
or unprofessional.
Dr. Yu obtained a certificate of registration autho-
rizing independent practice in Ontario in 1984. Dr.
Yu has a family and walk-in practice in St. Catha-
rines, Ontario.
2016 UNDERTAKING
On July 27, 2016, as a result of a College investiga-
tion, Dr. Yu entered into an undertaking with the
College. Pursuant to the 2016 undertaking, Dr.
Yu agreed not to issue new prescriptions or renew
existing prescriptions for any narcotics, controlled
or monitored drugs, or benzodiazepines or other
targeted substances, with the exception of certain
specified drugs which he is permitted to prescribe
where clinically indicated.
BREACH OF THE 2016 UNDERTAKING
Between September and November 2016, inclusive,
Dr. Yu renewed prescriptions for controlled substanc-
es for three patients on three occasions:
• In October 2016, Dr. Yu renewed a prescription for
Sublinox for Patient A;
• In September 2016, Dr. Yu renewed a prescription
for Lorazepam for Patient B; and
• In November 2016, Dr. Yu renewed a prescription
for Lorazepam for Patient C.
These substances are not among the specified drugs
Dr. Yu is permitted to prescribe pursuant to his
2016 undertaking. By authorizing these prescription
renewals, Dr. Yu breached his 2016 undertaking with
the College.
Although this was Dr. Yu’s first time before the
Discipline Committee, it was his second breach of
an undertaking with the College. This raised concern
for the Committee about Dr. Yu’s governability. Dr.
Yu had reached an agreement with the College after
breaching his 2011 undertaking. Part of that agree-
ment was signing the 2016 undertaking, which he
then breached almost immediately with three sepa-
rate prescription renewals. The Committee found
that although the breach may have been uninten-
tional, it does not negate the seriousness of breaching
an undertaking with the College.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: a three-month
suspension on Dr. Yu’s certificate of suspension; a
reprimand; and costs to the College in the amount of
$5,500.00.
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www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor and enter the
doctor’s name.
At the conclusion of the hearing, Dr. Yu waived his
right to an appeal and the Committee administered the
public reprimand.
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