Right-Touch Regulation
Discipline
The Discipline Committee is an independent adjudicative committee within the College structure that conducts public hearings regarding allegations of an Ontario physician ’ s professional misconduct or incompetence .
In 2020 , we completed 46 discipline cases .
These include :
REDUCING THE TIME TO DISCLOSURE In mid-2019 , the time to disclosure was 144 days . By the end of 2020 , it had been reduced to 72 day , a 50 % decrease .
In managing its cases , the Committee must balance process efficiency , effectiveness and fairness . Recognizing that there will always be a percentage of cases that for legitimate reasons take longer to commence and complete , the Committee ’ s aim is to eliminate unreasonable delays in the hearings process and , in doing so , to reduce time to completion .
And as with our complaints process , we have been able to see the benefits of system improvements .
REDUCING THE TIME FROM REFERRAL TO HEARING We began 2020 with a 849 day timespan , by the end of 2020 , it was reduced to 393 days , a 54 % decrease .
REDUCING THE TIME TO RELEASE DECISIONS In 2018 , the time to release a decision was 26 weeks , in 2020 , it was reduced to 12.5 weeks , a 52 % decrease .
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