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Government Programs Management

The College manages the following Government Programs:

Independent Health Facilities (IHF)

In accordance with the Independent Health Facilities Act, the College is contracted by the government of Ontario to carry out quality assurance assessments in all Independent Health Facilities (IHFs). IHFs provide OHIP insured services, including services such as:

In diagnostic facilities: radiology; ultrasound; magnetic resonance imaging; computed tomography; nuclear medicine; pulmonary function studies; and sleep medicine.

In treatment or surgical facilities: one or more of a variety of procedures in peripheral vascular disease; plastic surgery; obstetrics/gynaecology; dermatology; nephrology; ophthalmology; and endoscopy.

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Methadone Program

To prescribe methadone for analgesia or for the treatment of opioid dependence, physicians must be exempted under section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

The College administers the provincial methadone program on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The mandate of the College’s program to improve the quality and accessibility of methadone maintenance treatment in Ontario is achieved in cooperation with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP).

The profile of methadone treatment in Ontario has been enhanced through outreach activities and the recruitment of physicians to prescribe methadone in the treatment of opioid dependence.

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