A Surrey, B.C., massage therapist had his licence suspended after failing to adhere to conditions that were imposed after a sexual misconduct complaint.

A regulatory college found Arthur DeLuis failed to abide by an interim order that was imposed on Dec. 30, 2024, leading to his practice being suspended on Monday.

The College of Complementary Health Professionals said in a Monday notice that the “urgent, protective, and temporary measure” of suspending DeLuis’s practice comes as a discipline committee looks into the complaint.

According to the college, a female patient had complained about DeLuis’s conduct, and it imposed conditions after a disciplinary panel found there was a “prima facie case of the allegations that … [DeLuis] engaged in sexual misconduct.”

In December 2024, the college’s interim order stated that any female patient of DeLuis should remain fully clothed from the waist down, and DeLuis should prominently post that fact on his online booking form and inside his treatment room and clinic.

DeLuis was also told to provide the college with his full calendar by 6 p.m. every Friday, including all patients’ names and contact information.

The college also said his practice would be subject to random on-site audits.

Now, more than a year later, the college says that routine monitoring revealed DeLuis failed to comply with those conditions — though it noted that there were no new complaints of misconduct while they were in effect.

It also found that DeLuis changed his practice location from his clinic to his Surrey home without notifying the college.

“The [disciplinary panel] found that the updated information, particularly the non-compliance with the [interim order], demonstrates that more stringent action is required to sufficiently address the risk to the public,” the college’s latest decision reads.