Rural B.C. doctor suspended for sexual relationship with patient
The college said the doctor exchanged flirtatious and sexualized messages with the patient via Facebook and WhatsApp.
“That between August and December 2018, he repeatedly met with this patient on a personal and social basis, that his relationship with her became sexual, and that they had sexual intercourse at his medical clinic, in the on-call room at the Arrow Lakes Hospital, and at other locations around the community,” reads part of the decision that’s available online.The college said Dr. Lea entered into a consent agreement, which began on Aug. 31.
“The Inquiry Committee was critical of the registrant’s conduct, specifically, the violation of the patient-physician relationship by entering into a sexual relationship with a patient,” said the college.“The committee stated that the registrant violated boundaries in the patient-physician relationship by not only entering a sexual and intimate relationship with a patient, but doing so during her scheduled appointments with him in his office.
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