Warning: This story contains details of sexual abuse<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Two health professionals have been censured after each indecently touching a patient.<\/p>\n
The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has released the findings for two charges laid down last year.<\/p>\n
Morrinsville osteopath Dr Joseph Crozier indecently assaulted a patient by penetrating her vagina with his fingers during treatment.<\/p>\n
The tribunal found him guilty of professional misconduct.<\/p>\n
Dr Crozier penetrated the female patient’s vagina without consent and made sexual comments about her genitals and underwear during medical treatment.<\/p>\n
The patient’s child was also in the room which the tribunal said contributed to the seriousness of the misconduct.<\/p>\n
The osteopath has voluntarily retired and moved away from the area, but the tribunal has deregistered, censured and ordered him to contribute to the costs of the proceedings.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Auckland physiotherapist Justin Scott was found guilty of malpractice after indecently touching a female patient’s vagina while treating her.<\/p>\n
He also obtained her private phone number and contacted her for reasons unrelated to his work, and sent inappropriate messages to another female patient.<\/p>\n
Scott is currently serving a nine-month suspension and can return in March 2024.<\/p>\n
He will have to complete an ethics course before he can treat female identifying patients and has to pay more than $45,000 towards the cost of the hearing.<\/p>\n
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