{"id":885032,"date":"2026-09-09T00:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885032\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:06:13","slug":"p-e-i-doctor-suspended-6-months-for-having-inappropriate-relationship-with-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885032\/","title":{"rendered":"P.E.I. doctor suspended 6 months for having inappropriate relationship with patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>An orthopedic surgeon in P.E.I. will be suspended for six months for having an inappropriate relationship with a patient while they were under his care.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of P.E.I.&#8217;s website, a complaint was received against Dr. Stephen Miller in October 2024 alleging a boundary violation of the physician-patient relationship related to conduct that took place before Nov. 1, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The college assigned and investigation committee to look into the complaint and &#8220;discovered evidence which led the committee to conclude that Dr. Miller\u2019s conduct may constitute professional misconduct as defined in subsection XI(1)(h) of the now-repealed\u00a0Medical Act Regulations,&#8221; the post reads. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A man in a grey sweater stands in front of a white brick wall and a window with white blinds.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788912373_382_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Dr. Stephen Miller will be suspended for six months for having an inappropriate relationship with a patient while under his care. (CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Miller is listed on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of P.E.I.&#8217;s website as working out of the Polyclinic Professional Centre in Charlottetown.<\/p>\n<p>Professional misconduct includes engaging in conduct that would reasonably be regarded by medical practitioners as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, according to the Medical Act. <\/p>\n<p>Miller has accepted the findings of the committee and consented to the discipline, which includes:<\/p>\n<p>His registration to practice medicine will be suspended for six months starting Sept. 25.He will be issued a fine of $15,000 to be paid within six months.He will be required to complete a comprehensive course on maintaining patient boundaries at his own expense within six months, with proof of attendance. He will be issued a letter of reprimand for a boundary violation relating to an inappropriate personal relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Following completion of the requirements, the discipline process will be concluded, the post said.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, Miller&#8217;s office told CBC News that patient appointments will be honoured until the suspension begins and that it is working with Health P.E.I. to find a locum physician to cover Miller&#8217;s practice during his absence.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News reached out to Health P.E.I., which declined to comment. <\/p>\n<p>The College of Physicians and Surgeons of P.E.I. gave no further information beyond that the  inappropriate relationship was with an adult patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":["post-885032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}