Brian G. Empey

6/23/2023

Brian Empey
Registration Number: 10938
Case Number: 2022-0103

On June 21, 2023, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) referred a matter involving Brian Empey to the Discipline Committee for a hearing. The dates for the hearing will be posted once they have been confirmed. Once completed, a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision will be posted on the Public Register and the decision will be made available on Canlii (www.canlii.org).

Overview of the Allegations

1. At all material times Brian Empey (the “Registrant”) was a registered physiotherapist with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario and the owner of Be In Motion Physiotherapy located in Oakville, Ontario (the “Clinic”).
2. In the period September 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, the Registrant engaged in professional misconduct within the meaning of the following paragraphs of section 1 of the Professional Misconduct Regulation, O. Reg 388/08:

• paragraph 1 (failing to maintain the standards of practice of the profession);
• paragraph 18 (engaging in conduct or performing an act relevant to the practice of the profession that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional);
• paragraph 22 (assisting a person who is not a member of the profession to hold themselves out as a member registered to practice in Ontario);
• paragraph 28 (signing or issuing a document containing a statement that the member knows or ought to know is false or misleading);
• paragraph 32 (submitting an account or charge for services that the member knows or ought to know is false or misleading);
• paragraph 33 (failing to take reasonable steps to ensure that any accounts submitted in the member’s name or billing number are fair and accurate; and
• paragraph 41 (failing to supervise in accordance with the standards of practice of the profession).