Central Coast doctor Hon Young disqualified after ‘unsatisfactory' touching of teenager
A former Central Coast doctor has been formally disqualified by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal following complaints he inappropriately touched a young patient in the 1980s.
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A Central Coast doctor has been disqualified from practising after a tribunal found he had touched a patient’s genital areas without clinical indication and masturbated the patient.
Complaints of inappropriate intimacy in the 1980s against Dr Hon Young were “proven” in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on December 20 last year.
The 64-year-old, who practised at a medical centre in Wyoming, was officially disqualified as a result of the incident which happened at a different practice on the coast which closed 30 years ago.
It came after a complaint was received by the Health Care Complaints Commission relating to allegations that Dr Young engaged in “unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct” on a patient from ages 12 to 16.
The allegations included touching the patient’s genital area without clinical indication and masturbating the patient on at least four occasions between 1987 and 1990.
He also breached a condition imposed on his registration in 2016 which prohibited him from consulting, examining, treating or performing any procedure on a patient aged under 18.
Dr Young, who was first registered in 1982 and surrendered his registration in April 2018, did not attend the Tribunal and was unrepresented.
The Tribunal found all of the complaints “proven” and agreed with the Commission that the Dr Young “had exploited his position of power with a vulnerable patient by inappropriate intimacy”.
The Tribunal handed down the decision that if Dr Young was still registered, the Tribunal would cancel the registration, with a non review period of six years, and have it recorded by the National Board.
The Tribunal’s “Reasons for Decision” state it is satisfied Dr Young’s conduct fell into the “most serious category of misconduct”.
“The public can only be protected in this case from the respondent by a lengthy period of cancellation,” the report states.
“The respondent has demonstrated no contrition to the Tribunal because he has failed to appear to undertake such a task.
“There is no evidence that the respondent has taken any action which might address the complaint made by Patient A.”