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Physicians must employ the first-come, first-served approach when accepting new patients into their practices.
Physicians must have an office telephone that is answered and/or allows voicemails to be left during regular business hours.
Ensuring infection prevention and control (IPAC) practices are implemented safely and effectively is an important component of medical care. All physicians are responsible for complying with appropriate IPAC practices.
Federal legislation establishes the legal framework for MAID in Canada, including eligibility criteria and safeguards that must be satisfied prior to providing MAID.
Physicians have been given the privilege and responsibility of profession-led regulation. This policy primarily focuses on physicians’ behaviour in the professional context.
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.
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.
CPSO is excited to announce that its redesigned Physician Register is now live!
Launched on October 16, the new Register has been completely ...
Out-of-Hospital Premises Inspection Program Overview
This advice document is intended to help physicians determine whether undertaking a job action is appropriate, and the steps they should take to mitigate the impact on patients, in line with the expectations set out in the Providing Physician Services During Job Actions policy.
New College President
Dr. Steven Bodley became the College’s new President December 1.
Dr. Bodley is an anesthesiologist from North ...
Dr. Michael Stephenson Honoured for Work with Refugees
Dr. Michael Stephenson, a family physician from Kitchener, was presented with the College&rs...
Dr. Shazia Ambreen Receives Council Award
Dr. Shazia Ambreen, a family physician and GP-Anesthetist at the Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston,...
Teeswater Family Practitioner Honoured
Dr. Marie Gear, a family practitioner in Teeswater, Ontario was presented with the Council Award at the Coll...
Hamilton FP New CPSO President
At Council in December, we said goodbye and thank you to Dr. Peeter Poldre for an excellent year under his leadershi...
Physicians may wish to change their scope of practice if they become interested in a different area of medicine or if their personal circumstances change.
Physicians must ensure that any advertisement prepared by them, or on their behalf by a third party, complies with the expectations contained in this policy and the General Regulation under the Medicine Act, 1991.
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.
Physicians must be aware of, and comply with, all of the requirements in the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 (HCCA).
Physicians must ensure that harmful incidents are disclosed.
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.
In order to meet their professional obligations to practise medicine safely and effectively, physicians must only provide treatment for themselves and family members in limited circumstances, as set out in this policy.
Frequently asked questions about the Change of Scope and Re-entry process.
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