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About Clinic Inspections
The establishment of trust between a physician and a patient can begin as early as when patients begin seeking care.
Under Ontario law, certain acts, referred to as “controlled acts,” may only be performed by authorized regulated health professionals.
This companion Advice document is intended to provide guidance to physicians on how to interpret and effectively discharge their obligations as set out in the policy.
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.
Physicians have a legal and professional obligation to maintain the confidentiality of patient information.
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 policy does not provide an exhaustive catalogue of all physician expectations that apply in the walk-in clinic practice setting and other College policies set out expectations for physicians that apply in this setting as well.
Concerns about a Doctor's Health
This document is intended to help physicians interpret the expectations as set out in the Physician Treatment of Self, Family Members or Others Close to Them policy and provide guidance around how these obligations may be effectively discharged.
Advice to the Profession: Patient Selection Standard
This document is intended to help physicians interpret their obligations as set out in the Physicians’ Relationships with Industry: Practice, Education, and Research policy, and provide guidance for how these obligations can be effectively discharged.
Telemedicine
When providing virtual care, physicians must continue to meet the standard of care and the existing legal and professional obligations that apply to care that is provided in person, including those pertaining to prescribing drugs, medical record-keeping, protecting personal health information, consent to treatment, continuity of care, and charging for insured and uninsured services.
Information about the Changing Scope of Practice and/or Re-entering Practice processes.
Physicians must employ the first-come, first-served approach when accepting new patients into their practices.
MRPs and/or supervisors must provide appropriate supervision to medical students, which is proportionate to the medical student’s level of training and experience.
This policy applies to all physicians who are closing a medical practice, including those who work in group practices or institutional settings, regardless of practice area or specialty.
In a unanimous decision released today, the Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) supported patients’ rights to access health services an...
This document provides guidance on how the obligations set out in the Decision-Making for End-of-Life Care policy can be effectively discharged.
This Advice to the Profession document discusses some of the benefits and outlines key considerations physicians should keep in mind when using AI scribes.
What documentation requirements apply to endoscopy/colonoscopy premises?
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Registration Reports
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