Melfort doctor's licence suspended over allegations of assaulting children, self-prescribing
CBC
A Saskatchewan doctor had his medical licence suspended over allegations he physically assaulted children in separate incidents and self-prescribed medication.
Dr. Robert Steffen works at Family Physicians Group in Melfort, Sask., a city of nearly 6,000 about 160 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.
Steffen had his licence suspended on Dec. 2, 2024, according to a physician profile on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS).
That's just a few days after a pair of penalty hearings on Nov. 29, 2024.
Full decisions have yet to be published online, but documents lay out the four charges made against Steffen.
One document lays out three charges. They include:
A second document lays out another charge:
Steffen has agreed to not have any in-person professional encounter in his office practice with patients under the age of 16, except in the presence of a practice monitor, according to the college.
That restriction was implemented on Nov. 21, 2023.
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