Image: Facebook / The College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C. reports that Dr. Jason Klop, a naturopath who maintained a practice at two addresses in Chilliwack, has agreed to have his license revoked for five years and pay a fine of $7,500 for his role in selling and promoting fecal transplants for patients with autism, a practice the college says was outside the scope of naturopathic medicine in B.C.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Fraser Valley naturopath

Chilliwack naturopath loses license for selling, promoting fecal transplants

Nov 6, 2023 | 12:01 PM

CHILLIWACK — The College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C. reports that Dr. Jason Klop, a naturopath who previously maintained a practice at two addresses in Chilliwack, has agreed to have his license revoked for five years and pay a fine of $7,500 for his role in selling and promoting fecal transplants for patients with autism, a practice the college says was outside the scope of naturopathic medicine in B.C.

According to a public notification on the college’s website, Dr. Klop consented to the cancellation of his registration with the college effective Wednesday, November 1, accepted a fine of $7,500, and acknowledged that he will not be eligible to seek reinstatement of registration with the college for a period of five years starting Nov. 1, 2023.

The College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia agreed to a consent order with Jason Klop following an investigation by the College Inquiry Committee, the report stated. This consent order was executed pursuant to section 37.1 of the Health Professions Act. The investigation was based on information appearing on Dr. Klop’s websites, as well as reports from members of the public, which the college said raised several concerns regarding his compliance with the standards and regulations applicable to the practice of naturopathic medicine in B.C. The investigation included potential advertising, scope of practice, and standard of practice concerns.

Upon concluding the investigation, the Inquiry Committee directed the Registrar of the College to issue a citation for a disciplinary hearing. Following the issuance of this citation, but prior to the commencement of the hearing, the College reached agreement with Jason Klop on the terms of a consent order. In these circumstances, section 37.1 of the Health Professions Act requires the College to notify the public of the information set out in this notice. Dr. Klop operated a practice on Gibson Road and on Tamihi Way in Chilliwack.

According to the terms of the consent order, Dr. Klop admits that he provided information to patients about fecal microbiota treatment (FMT) and how it can be used to treat autism, and provided FMT materials to patients for treatment of autism, when FMT treatments were not authorized by Health Canada, and are outside the scope of practice for naturopathic medicine in British Columbia, contrary to s. 3 of the Naturopathic Physicians Regulation.

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The consent order went on to say that Dr. Klop included patient testimonials about FMT and made unverifiable statements in his marketing and advertising contrary to section 100 of the Bylaws and College Advertising Policy. The NovelBiome website was accessible to Canadians from Canadian IP addresses intermittently from July 2021 to January 2023, despite his statement to the college on or about July 28, 2021 that “Canadians were banned from being able to access the NovelBiome website.”

The provision of information to patients about FMT for the treatment of autism was outside the scope of practice for naturopathic doctors in B.C., and contrary to Health Canada’s policies relating to FMT. The college says Dr. Klop continued to engage in the provision of this information to patients after the College notified him that this was contrary to his scope of practice. Jason Klop’s use of patient testimonials in advertising was prohibited by the College’s Advertising Policy that was in effect at that time. His marketing and advertising materials also contained several unverifiable claims which were contrary to the college’s Advertising Policy.

Following the issuance of the citation to a disciplinary hearing, Dr. Klop gave the Inquiry Committee a written proposal to resolve the matter under section 37.1 of the Health Professions Act. The Inquiry Committee was satisfied that the terms of the consent order are in the best interests of the public, in view of the college’s duty to serve and protect the public, and therefore accepted the proposal.