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The governing body for physicians in Ontario has revoked the licence of an Eastern Ontario rheumatologist who was determined to have sexually abused four patients in 2011.
In a decision Tuesday, the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ordered that Dr. Tariq Iqbal’s certificate of registration be revoked, effective immediately.
Revocation is the most severe penalty the college can impose and means that Iqbal can no longer practice medicine in the province. He has been under interim practice restrictions since March 2014, prohibiting him from performing rectal, vaginal or perianal examinations of female patients or seeing female patients unless a female health professional was present.
Iqbal will also receive a public reprimand, requiring him to appear before a panel of the discipline committee within six months to hear its condemnation of his conduct. A public reprimand is mandatory in cases where a physician’s licence is revoked for sexual abuse.
Iqbal will have to reimburse the college for $49,060 in costs incurred in his case and post a letter of credit for $64,240, which the college can draw upon to fund therapy or counselling by the patients he sexually abused.
Iqbal, 49, who emigrated to Canada from Pakistan in 2003, began practising medicine in Eastern Ontario in 2010 after completing a program at the University of Ottawa.
His main medical office is in Brockville, but he also works at the Kingsway Health Centre in Manotick and the Pembroke Regional Hospital. He worked at the Queensway Carleton Hospital from October 2010 until his resignation in April 2014.
In a decision dated Sept. 24, the college’s discipline committee found Iqbal sexually abused four female patients, saying he “manipulated and exploited his vulnerable patients in a demeaning manner.”
The college began its investigation after the four patients independently complained that Iqbal performed sexualized anal and vaginal examinations. Experts testified that in a rheumatology practice, digital rectal exams would be “exceedingly rare” and internal vaginal examinations would never be done.
Two of the patients were so traumatized following Iqbal’s examination that they sat in their cars and wept for several minutes.
Iqbal’s troubles may not end with the disciplinary penalty imposed by the college.
Under a policy adopted last month, the college has started forwarding disciplinary committee decisions to police when potentially criminal acts — including sexual abuse — are involved, raising the possibility that criminal charges could be laid.
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In a decision Tuesday, the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ordered that Dr. Tariq Iqbal’s certificate of registration be revoked, effective immediately.
Revocation is the most severe penalty the college can impose and means that Iqbal can no longer practice medicine in the province. He has been under interim practice restrictions since March 2014, prohibiting him from performing rectal, vaginal or perianal examinations of female patients or seeing female patients unless a female health professional was present.
Iqbal will also receive a public reprimand, requiring him to appear before a panel of the discipline committee within six months to hear its condemnation of his conduct. A public reprimand is mandatory in cases where a physician’s licence is revoked for sexual abuse.
Iqbal will have to reimburse the college for $49,060 in costs incurred in his case and post a letter of credit for $64,240, which the college can draw upon to fund therapy or counselling by the patients he sexually abused.
Iqbal, 49, who emigrated to Canada from Pakistan in 2003, began practising medicine in Eastern Ontario in 2010 after completing a program at the University of Ottawa.
His main medical office is in Brockville, but he also works at the Kingsway Health Centre in Manotick and the Pembroke Regional Hospital. He worked at the Queensway Carleton Hospital from October 2010 until his resignation in April 2014.
In a decision dated Sept. 24, the college’s discipline committee found Iqbal sexually abused four female patients, saying he “manipulated and exploited his vulnerable patients in a demeaning manner.”
The college began its investigation after the four patients independently complained that Iqbal performed sexualized anal and vaginal examinations. Experts testified that in a rheumatology practice, digital rectal exams would be “exceedingly rare” and internal vaginal examinations would never be done.
Two of the patients were so traumatized following Iqbal’s examination that they sat in their cars and wept for several minutes.
Iqbal’s troubles may not end with the disciplinary penalty imposed by the college.
Under a policy adopted last month, the college has started forwarding disciplinary committee decisions to police when potentially criminal acts — including sexual abuse — are involved, raising the possibility that criminal charges could be laid.
dbutler@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/ButlerDon
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