Doctor Has No Right to Francophone Panel, Ontario Discipline Committee Rules

A junior doctor holds his stethoscope during a patient visit at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, in Blackburn, England, amid the COVID-19 pandemic on May 14, 2020. A francophone doctor accused of misconduct by Ontario's medical regulator has lost his bid to have his case heard by a French-speaking disciplinary panel. Hannah McKay/The Canadian Press/Pool Photo via AP

TORONTO—A francophone doctor accused of misconduct by Ontario’s medical regulator has lost his bid to have his case heard by a French-speaking disciplinary panel.

In ruling against Dr. Mathieu Belanger, the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario decided he had no right to a panel that could operate in French without an interpreter.