The Belconnen GP charged with an act of indecency against a female patient last month has been suspended from practicing medicine.


The suspension by the ACT board of the Medical Board of Australia last night follows Dr Ammar Dhaimat's release on bail on Wednesday on strict conditions which forbid him from contacting any patient or former patient of the Belconnen Medical Centre, where he has worked for three years.


The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency website indicates a national board can suspend a practitioner's registration – pending other assessment or action – "if it believes there is serious risk to the health and safety of the public from the practitioner's continued practice", and it is necessary to do so to protect the public from that risk.


ACT Policing's Detective Sergeant Donna Parsons said in court on Wednesday police would investigate complaints made by two other patients against Dr Dhaimat.


The ACT Magistrates Court heard on Saturday that Dr Dhaimat allegedly squeezed the bottom of a female patient, and kissed her for about one second without her consent, at the Belconnen Medical Practice on Anzac Day.


Granting bail on Wednesday, Magistrate Bernadette Boss required Dr Dhaimat and a friend who gave evidence in court to provide a combined $20,000 surety, and made it a condition of bail that the GP not contact any patient or former patient of Belconnen Medical Centre, except for his legal practitioner.


The Australian citizen also had to forfeit his Australian and Jordanian passports, and must report to the Woden Police Station each day and not leave his Canberra residence between 7pm and 7am.


The matter returns to court on July 11.