A GP who visited a patient at work, pulled his trousers down and asked her to perform a sex act on him has been fined $25,000 and censured by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal.
The tribunal found the doctor, whose name and workplace have been suppressed, breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights with his behaviour towards the woman who was being treated for depression.
The GP, referred to as Dr Y, was found guilty of professional misconduct after asking the woman, referred to as Ms E, to lean over a table while he made inappropriate sexual gestures during a consultation at a medical centre.
Later that day, he came to her workplace, where he undid his trousers and asked her to perform a sex act on him. He lay down, offered to perform a sex act on her and told her they could have a relationship, Ms E told the tribunal.
While Dr Y denied the incident at the woman's work, he admitted to the tribunal that he made inappropriate sexual gestures while treating her.
