‘It was disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional to ask clients to sign a document promising not to take legal action against him or make a complaint to the college’
An Ontario family doctor who prescribed ketamine over the phone and asked patients to sign away their right to sue him or make a formal complaint “of any kind” has been suspended from practising for six months.
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Dr. Michael Hart, a past guest of U.S podcaster Joe Rogan who was “cautioned” by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario multiple times dating back to 2016, including over his social media posts, engaged in conduct that would reasonably be regarded as “disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional,” according to a recent ruling.
“What is more, it was disgraceful, dishonourable and unprofessional to ask clients to sign a document promising not to take legal action against him or make a complaint to the college,” the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal wrote.
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“Physicians may not attempt to hinder the College’s regulation of the profession in the public interest by encouraging the withdrawal of complaints” or attempting to discourage patients from exercising their legal rights.
