ORILLIA, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police have charged a former Canadian Forces medical officer with practising medicine without a licence.
Police allege the officer practised medicine at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa in eastern Ontario despite not having a valid provincial licence. Zak Bayfield, 31, of Petawawa, was charged with five counts of unauthorized performance of a controlled act, contrary to the Regulated Health Professions Act.
The investigation was referred to the provincial police Anti-Rackets Health Fraud Investigation Unit by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in July 2007.
Bayfield is scheduled to appear in court in Pembroke on April 7.
