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Physicians must comply with the expectations set out in this policy when ending the physician-patient relationship, except when discontinuation is due to the physician’s retirement, relocation, leave of absence, or as a result of disciplinary action by the CPSO.
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In fulfilling their individual commitment to patients, professional commitment to colleagues, and collective commitment to the public, physicians must be available to provide physician services during public health emergencies.
Physicians have been given the privilege and responsibility of profession-led regulation. This policy primarily focuses on physicians’ behaviour in the professional context.
Interprofessional Collaboration
The establishment of trust between a physician and a patient can begin as early as when patients begin seeking care.
This Advice to the Profession document is intended to help physicians interpret their obligations as set out in this policy and to provide guidance around how these obligations may be effectively discharged.
This Advice is intended to help physicians navigate their roles and responsibilities and provide links to resources on best practices.
Physicians must comply with the expectations set out in this policy and any other specific legal principles and requirements that may apply to the IME, third party medical report, and/or testimony.
Under Ontario law, certain acts, referred to as “controlled acts,” may only be performed by authorized regulated health professionals.
The aim of this policy is to support and regulate the safe and appropriate provision of complementary and alternative medicine, not to prohibit or prevent its use.
This policy sets out expectations to help physicians navigate the online environment and prevent conduct that could harm the public’s trust in individual physicians and the profession as a whole.
This companion Advice document is intended to help physicians interpret their obligations as set out in the policy and provide guidance around how these expectations may be effectively discharged.
This policy includes legislative requirements and professional obligations of physicians related to the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ PHI.
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Delegation is intended to provide physicians with the ability to extend their capacity to serve patients by temporarily authorizing an individual to act on their behalf.
This document is intended to help physicians interpret and effectively discharge reporting obligations and provide advice on how to address issues that may arise in practice.
Glossary of Terms
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When a patient’s specific circumstances and health status make it appropriate, physicians who provide care as part of a sustained physician-patient relationship must, where possible, initiate a discussion about advance care planning.
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