B.C. Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner disciplined over fraudulent receipt for acupuncture

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A Surrey-based practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine has agreed to a reprimand and remedial education after her professional college found she had “fraudulently” issued a receipt for acupuncture treatment that never actually occurred.

Chin Ling (Eliza) Huang entered a consent order agreement with the College of Complementary Health Professionals of B.C. earlier this week.

In the document, she acknowledges that she breached the Ethical Practice and Professional Practice Standard, College Bylaws and the Practice Guidance on Billing and Insurance that were in effect at the time the former College of Traditional Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of B.C. began investigating her.

That college was one of several that were amalgamated to form the CCHPBC in 2024.

Huang’s misconduct, according to the consent order, consisted of:

• Fraudulently issuing a receipt for acupuncture treatment when she did not provide any service to a patient
• And failing to protect her registration number by using it on a receipt for services not provided to a patient.

In agreeing to the consent order, Huang accepted a reprimand for the misconduct and promised not to repeat it.

She also agreed to review the college’s current standards and bylaws within one month and to “successfully complete, at her own cost, the course 217B Clinical Procedures: Medical Ethics & Legal Issues offered by the Tzu Chi International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine” within nine months.

Huang’s listing in the college’s online directory indicates she has been licensed since 2023 and is employed by Physiofirst PhysioTherapy Clinic and Move Health & Wellness, both in Surrey.