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Physicians who are closing their medical practice often contact the College to seek guidance about the measures they should take before they close their medical practice.
Physicians must comply with all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements related to medical record-keeping.
Federal legislation establishes the legal framework for MAID in Canada, including eligibility criteria and safeguards that must be satisfied prior to providing MAID.
Physicians must act in their patients’ best interests.
Medical Expert: Reports and Testimony
Physicians must establish and maintain appropriate boundaries with their patients.
Within hospitals or health-care institutions where care is provided by a team of changing individuals, physicians must coordinate with others on the team to keep patients informed about who has primary responsibility for managing their care (i.e., their most responsible provider).
Advice to the Profession: Quality Assurance Standard
Physicians must only practise in the areas of medicine in which they are educated and experienced.
Physicians must ensure that harmful incidents are disclosed.
What to Expect When Receiving Virtual Care from Ontario Doctors
Quality Assurance Standard
Advice to the Profession: Image Guidance When Administering Nerve Blocks for Adult Chronic Pain in O
Advice to the Profession: Image Guidance When Administering Nerve Blocks for Adult Chronic Pain in Out-of-Hospital Premises
Physicians must employ the first-come, first-served approach when accepting new patients into their practices.
Advice to the Profession companion documents are intended to provide physicians and physician assistants ("Registrants") with additional information and general advice in order to support their understanding and implementation of the expectations set out in policies. They may also identify some additional best practices regarding specific practice issues.
Physicians must safeguard their clinical objectivity and professional independence when interacting with industry.
This Advice document is intended to help physicians interpret and understand the legal and professional obligations to protect patients’ PHI.
This companion Advice document focuses on the expectations that relate to the new legal framework for MAID (as of March 17, 2021) and the existing expectations regarding effective referrals.
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.
Annual Report
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