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Franco Coscarella

Full Name:
Franco Coscarella
Registration Number:
10637
Current Status:
Member
Designated Electoral District:
District 6

Concerns, Conditions and/or Professional Misconduct

Practice Information

 

Primary Practice

Riverside Dental Office

A-8474 Wyandotte St E Windsor, ON, CA N8S 1T6
Phone:
519-974-6601
Sedation & Anesthesia Facility Permit:
No
CT Scanner Facility Permit:
No
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All Practice Locations

  • Riverside Dental Office
    A-8474 Wyandotte St E Windsor, ON, CA N8S 1T6
    Phone:
    519-974-6601
    Sedation & Anesthesia Facility Permit:
    No
    CT Scanner Facility Permit:
    No
  • South Windsor Dental Centre
    1390 Grand Marais Rd W Windsor, ON, CA N9E 1E5
    Phone:
    519-969-8171
    Sedation & Anesthesia Facility Permit:
    No
    CT Scanner Facility Permit:
    Yes
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Academic Information

 

Dental Degree

1986
University of Western Ontario, Canada

This may not be a complete record of the member's academic information or continuing education.

Certificate(s) of Registration

 

Current Certificate(s) of Registration and Date(s) of Issuance

General

Initial Date of Registration

Complaints & Reports Outcomes

 

Case File: 180271

Decision Date:
December 01, 2019

Caution

Current Status:
Completed
As a result of a complaint, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee decided to caution Dr. Franco Coscarella as follows:

• Dr. Coscarella is cautioned regarding his modification of a patient record. Dr. Coscarella must make notes contemporaneous to the treatment he provides. In the event that additional information is included in the chart at a later date, the date on which that information is noted in the chart must be documented. 
• Dr. Coscarella is also cautioned regarding his knowing submission of an altered record to the College. As the custodian of a patient’s health record, Dr. Coscarella has the responsibility to preserve its integrity as an accurate description of the conditions that are present at time that clinical observations are made.

Specified Continuing Education or Remedial Program

Current Status:
Completed
Required Course 
Recordkeeping
Current Status:
Completed
Required Practice Monitoring - Office Visits 
Practice to be monitored for 24 months following completion of course in Recordkeeping.

Case File: 190253

Decision Date:
February 23, 2022

Caution

Current Status:
Completed
As a result of a complaint, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee decided to caution Dr. Franco Coscarella as follows:

• You have a professional, legal and ethical responsibility to maintain a complete record of your patients’ dental care, which includes retaining patient records, including all radiographs, for a minimum of ten years, as required by the College’s Guidelines on “Dental Recordkeeping (November 2019).” Although film radiographs may be scanned and saved electronically, the original radiographs must be retained and securely maintained.

• When transferring records to another dentist or any other third party upon a patient’s request, you must ensure that you are transferring copies of the records and that you are retaining the original records for the prescribed retention period.

• It is imperative that you clearly label film radiographs with the date they were taken, and the patient’s name, such that another dentist should be able to easily review the record and know the identity of the patient with whom the record is associated, as well as the date when the radiograph was taken.

This information was obtained from the register of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (www.rcdso.org)