Accused N.S. doctor gets go-ahead to resume practice — with a chaperone
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. — A Nova Scotia physician charged with voyeurism after medical clinic staff were surreptitiously filmed in the washroom has approval to practice again.
Dr. Rafid al-Nassar, a 41-year-old former Iraqi refugee, was arrested last fall after New Glasgow Regional Police received a complaint from staff at the Westside Medical Centre.
In a notice Thursday, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia lifted its interim suspension against al-Nassar, but said he is required “to have a chaperone present for all patient encounters, except … in the operating room.”
The college said signs noting the chaperone requirement must be placed where patients are seen.