REGINA — A Regina doctor has been suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) after being found to have committed six instances of professional misconduct.
A document made public by the CPSS has outlined the six charges against Dr. James Coruzz.
The first dates back to Jan. 2024, states the document, when Coruzz had prescribed Zolpidem to individuals who hadn’t been presented to the ER or been seen at the hospital while he had previously signed an undertaking with the CPSS, which didn’t permit such action.
The CPSS also found Coruzz prescribed Zolpidem for his own use.
In the second charge, Coruzz was found by the CPSS to have arranged for other physicians to prescribe Prescription Review Program (PRP) medications to individuals who did not meet the limitations set by the CPSS. Those restrictions were established by the CPSS as part of an undertaking Coruzz signed in 2024.
In a third charge, the CPSS found Coruzz prescribed PRP medications to seven individuals with whom he didn’t establish a physician-patient relationship. This includes failing to gather proper patient histories before prescribing, issuing prescriptions without appropriate physical assessments, among other concerns, according to the CPSS.
The fourth charge relates to prescribing the same PRP medications for the seven individuals for Coruzz’s own use.
As for the fifth charge, it stems from Coruzz providing what the CPSS describes as dishonest information to one or more physicians to cause them to write prescriptions for individuals with the intention of obtaining the prescribed medication.
The CPSS states these instances occurred between Feb. 2024 and Jan. 2025, when Coruzz asked fellow physicians to prescribe medications without assessing the individuals for his own use.
The final charge, according to the CPSS, was for obtaining the medications without paying for them or executing action to ensure those individuals were not getting prescriptions through their insurance.
In March, the CPSS suspended Coruzz for six months retroactive to Nov. 7, 2025.
The CPSS also directed Coruzz to pay nearly $13,000 before May 7, 2027.
Until the money is paid, the CPSS ruled, Coruzz’s licence will remain suspended.
