Antoine Daher

Finding 

The panel of the Discipline Tribunal issued a decision on the finding on March 3, 2026, on the penalty on March 3, 2026 and on costs on March 3, 2026. 

After having considered all of the evidence, the panel found Antoine Daher to have committed the following acts of professional misconduct:

• 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)

Penalty

The panel ordered the following penalty, Antoine Daher will:

• Receive a reprimand at the conclusion of the hearing (delivered on March 3, 2026)
• Serve a suspension starting March 3, 2026 until August 4, 2026 or until Antoine Daher has successfully completed ethics and boundaries counselling
• Review relevant standards of practice, tools and resources
• Complete one-on-one ethics and boundaries counselling
• Complete practice enhancement coaching

Antoine Daher may not supervise physiotherapists, physiotherapy students or physiotherapy residents until certain requirements have been met.

While Antoine Daher is serving the suspension, they cannot use:

• the title Physiotherapist, PT or any abbreviation there of
• their name, PT title and/or registration number cannot be use for billing purposes

The panel also ordered Antoine Daher to pay costs to the College in the amount of $3,500 to offset some of the costs associated with investigating and prosecuting this case.

As a part of the penalty, the Committee issued a reprimand which read as follows:

Mr. Daher,

We have found that you committed professional misconduct by failing to maintain the standards of the profession and by engaging in conduct that was, without question, disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

Your misconduct included making inappropriate and persistent requests to a patient for personal information, making comments about a patient’s appearance that were unwelcome and interpreted as sexual in nature, encroaching upon a patient’s personal space, treating a patient on bare skin under the waistband of her shorts without obtaining informed consent before doing so, removing or having a patient remove clothing without informed consent or adequate draping, and engaging in unwanted contact, including hugging and kissing a patient while she was in a curtained treatment area.

These findings are serious. Physiotherapy treatment frequently involves physical proximity, touch, and situations where patients may be partially disrobed. This makes strict adherence to professional boundaries, effective communication and attainment of informed consent foundational to safe and ethical practice. Your conduct represented a departure from those standards.

The impact of this misconduct extends beyond the individual patients who were under your care. Patients seek out physiotherapists at times of vulnerability—often in pain or otherwise physically compromised. They rely on the integrity of their care provider. When boundaries are crossed and consent is disregarded, patients can feel exposed, powerless, and unsafe. Such conduct undermines confidence not only in you, but in the profession as a whole. Without confidence that physiotherapists will consistently maintain professional boundaries and obtain informed consent, members of the public may hesitate to seek necessary treatment.

The Panel has therefore ordered a suspension of your certificate of registration, mandatory review of applicable professional standards, practice tools, and regulatory resources, one-on-one ethics and boundaries counselling and enhanced practice coaching.

This reprimand is intended to reinforce for you and for the profession at large that patient autonomy, informed consent, and unwavering adherence to professional boundaries are non-negotiable. The needs and dignity of patients are paramount at all times. As a physiotherapist, you are entrusted with intimate access to patients’ bodies and personal information; that privilege carries with it a corresponding duty to, at minimum, maintain the standards of the profession.

The Panel expects that you will take this opportunity to reflect deeply on your conduct, to meaningfully engage with the required educational and coaching components, and to ensure that such behaviour is never repeated.