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Dr. Mark Spiller receives Council Award
Dr. Mark Spiller of Kirkland Lake was presented with the CPSO Council Award at the September Council meetin...
Medical Director Standard
Council Award Presented to Dr. Sarah Reid
Dr. Sarah Reid, an Ottawa expert in pediatric emergency medicine, was presented with the College’s ...
Council Award Presented to Dr. Bill Wong
The College presented its Council Award to Dr. Bill Wong, a Mississauga physician who helped lead his hosp...
Dr. Gary Smith Receives Council Award
Dr. W. Gary Smith, a nationally recognized authority on pediatric medicine, received a Council Award at the M...
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.
Physicians must safeguard their clinical objectivity and professional independence when interacting with industry.
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.
Physicians must act in their patients’ best interests.
In order to ensure appropriate follow-up on test results can occur, physicians must have an effective test results management system.
Physicians must comply with all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements related to medical record-keeping.
This policy includes legislative requirements and professional obligations of physicians related to the privacy and confidentiality of patients’ PHI.
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).
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.
Physicians must only practise in the areas of medicine in which they are educated and experienced.
Learn more about the new Physician Assistants policy that outlines key professional expectations for physician assistants.
Registration Policies
If you’ve been sexually abused by a doctor, you may qualify for financial help to see a therapist or counsellor.
Information about individuals who have been practising medicine without a certificate of registration and/or a person who has been holding him/herself out as a physician in contravention of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 or the Medicine Act, 1991.
The law requires physicians to report certain events and clinical conditions either to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) or other health regulatory bodies (i.e., colleges) and agencies. While not exhaustive, this document provides an overview of some of the key laws and is meant to assist physicians in navigating their legal reporting duties.
Whether in paper or electronic format, physicians must comply with all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements related to medical record-keeping.
Physicians must comply with the requirements for prescribing that are set out in this policy, as well those contained in any other relevant College policies and legislation.
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