DISCIPLINE SUMMARIES
ing his own staff to assist and lie on his behalf;
• he failed to maintain the standard of practice of
the profession and displayed a lack of judgment,
including with respect to the completion of SDA
forms, his billing practices and his administrative/
managerial oversight of his EMR and office prac-
tices.
Undertaking with the College
On April 26, 2019, Dr. Kumra signed an undertak-
ing to resign from the College effective immediately
and agreed not to apply or re-apply for registration
as a physician to practise medicine in Ontario or any
other jurisdiction in Canada.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: a reprimanded
and payment to the College for hearing costs in the
amount of $6,000.
For complete details of the Order, please see the
full decision at www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor
and enter the doctor’s name.
DR. MILE SAVIC
PRACTICE LOCATION: Belleville
AREA OF PRACTICE: Family Medicine
HEARING INFORMATION: Allegations Denied; Contested
Hearing
On December 18, 2018, the Discipline Committee
found that Dr. Savic committed an act of profes-
sional misconduct, in that he has contravened a
term, condition or limitation on his certificate of
registration; he has failed to maintain the standard of
practice of the profession; and he has engaged in an
act or omission relevant to the practice of medicine
that, having regard to all the circumstances, would
reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful,
dishonourable or unprofessional.
The Committee found that Dr. Savic engaged in
professional misconduct as follows:
i. Contravened a term, condition or limitation on
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his certificate of registration: The finding was
based on evidence that Dr. Savic prescribed or
authorized prescriptions for four drugs (pheno-
barbital, clobazam, oxazepam and amphetamines
and their derivatives), in breach of an undertak-
ing he had given to the College in 2010 which
prohibited him from doing so.
ii. F
ailed to maintain the standard of practice of
the profession: Based on opinion evidence from
two experts called by the College and its review of
patient charts and OHIP billing data, the panel
found that Dr. Savic failed to maintain the stan-
dard of practice in his prescribing to one patient,
in his ordering of Holter monitor testing, EKGs
and stress tests without appropriate indication or
documented justification, in his record keeping
and in his overall management of patients.
iii. Engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or un-
professional conduct: The panel found that Dr.
Savic ordered diagnostic testing without clini-
cal indication or justification and that he billed
OHIP for services relating to the unnecessary
testing.
ORDER
The Discipline Committee ordered: revocation of Dr.
Savic’s certificate of registration; a reprimand; and
payment to the College in costs in the amount of
$30,730.00
For complete details of the Order, please see the
full decision at www.cpso.on.ca. Select Find a Doctor
and enter the doctor’s name.