| Month/Year |
Nature of the disciplinary charge |
Board's order |
| March 2010 |
The respondent sanctioned, acquiesced in or failed to take adequate steps to prevent the use of an unapproved title 'X醫生應診' in name card in that it might mislead the public into believing that the registered physiotherapist concerned was a medical practitioner |
Warning letter issued |
| July 2010 |
The respondent failed to manage the case of X ("the complainant") in an appropriate professional manner in that on 20 February 2009, he delegated the task of heat treatment through application of electrical hot pack to the back of the complainant, to whom he owed a duty of care and for whose treatment he was responsible, to a therapist called 'Y', he and/or Y allowed the complainant to sleep throughout the course of the said heat treatment for around one hour causing burns on her back |
Warning letter issued |
| August 2010 |
The respondent was convicted on 1 April 2008 of two counts of Conspiracy to Defraud, which is an offence in Common Law and punishable with imprisonment under section 159C(6) of the Crimes Ordinance, Chapter 200, Laws of Hong Kong. |
The respondent's name was removed from the register of physiotherapists for 30 days and the order was published in the HKSAR Government Gazette |
| October 2010 |
The respondent was convicted at the Tsuen Wan Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on 29 May 2008 of two counts of an offence punishable with imprisonment, namely Conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Common Law and punishable under section 159C and 159C(6) of the Crimes Ordinance, Chapter 200, Laws of Hong Kong. |
The respondent's name was removed from the register of physiotherapists for 60 days and the order was published in the HKSAR Government Gazette |
| March 2011 |
The respondent used unapproved and misleading descriptive wording ‘運動專科註冊物理治療師’ in the leaflet for promoting public talks on knee injury and low back pain in that it might cause a reader to misconceive that he was an expert in ‘運動專科’ when there was and still is not a specialist registration as such under Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance, Cap. 359, and Physiotherapists (Regulation and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulation, Cap. 359J, Laws of Hong Kong. |
Warning letter issued |
| June 2011 |
(a) Canvassing and advertising in magazine - sanctioned, acquiesced in or failed to take adequate steps to prevent the publication in a health magazine articles (i) which referred readers to the website and/or telephone number of a company providing physiotherapy service (“the Company”) and (ii) along with an advertisement of the Company showing information as to its charge for certain type of treatment; and by associating with the Company with a financial and/or professional relationship which so conducted itself, such conduct amounts to canvassing.
(b) Advertising and use of unapproved descriptions - sanctioned, acquiesced in or failed to take adequate steps to prevent the publication of (i) an article promoting the scope of services of the Company and (ii) unapproved qualifications and descriptions in a website. |
Warning letter issued |
| March 2012 |
The respondent sanctioned, acquiesced in or failed to take adequate steps to prevent the use of the following descriptions in the name card-
(a) unapproved descriptions including 'ACSM Certified Health/Fitness instructor', 'NASM Certified Personal Trainer', 'AFPA Certified Personal Instructor', 'CHISM Certification', 'X Lecturer' and 'X University Guest Lecturer'; and
(b) the descriptions of 'ACSM Certified Health/Fitness instructor', 'NASM Certified Personal Trainer', 'AFPA Certified Personal Instructor' and 'CHISM Certification' had a tendency to mislead the public into believing that the respondent was a specialist when there was no specialist registration under Supplementary Medical Professions Ordinance, Cap. 359, and Physiotherapists (Regulation and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulation, Cap. 359J, Laws of Hong Kong. |
Warning letter issued |
| July 2012 |
The respondent was alleged to have –
(a) through his assistant, suggested Ms X ("the complainant") to receive a treatment via anus for the purpose of spine rectification and/or for prevention of haemorrhoid when in fact the complainant was having neck problems;
(b) inappropriately adopted and/or purported to adopt the practice of charging his patients a sum of $50 for a receipt for treatment; and
(c) sold magnetic products to the complainant which were unnecessary for the proper treatment of the complainant. |
Removed from the Register for 60 days, order published in the HKSAR Gazette |
| November 2012 |
The respondent instigated, sanctioned, acquiesced in or failed to take adequate steps to prevent the use of an unapproved qualification 'Cert. Manipulation of Spinal Related Diseases' on the name card. |
Warning letter issued |
