consultation
Have Your Say
– Proposed
Amendments
We are consulting on several
proposed amendments including
the posting of Criminal Code and
Health Insurance Act offences
Transparency Project – Proposed
Amendments
What do patients need to know about their physicians
in order to make informed choices? That is the test that
is being applied as the College examines which categories of information should be posted on our public
register as part of our ongoing work on transparency.
The College is working together with other health regulators in considering making additional information
publicly available about the health-care professionals
that we regulate.
Transparency provides members of the public with
information that enables them to decide who they wish
to see for care. It also allows the College to demonstrate
how we protect the public through our processes.
As part of our transparency initiative, the College is
proposing amendments to Section 49.(1) of the General
By-Law, which sets out what information about members is included on the public register.
In particular, the College is proposing that the following information about members be included on the
public register:
• Findings of guilt
• Certain bail conditions
Criminal Code and Health Insurance Act
Offences
Council has approved an external consultation on a
proposed amendment to the College’s General By-Law
that, if passed, will require the College to post on its
public register reported findings of guilt made against
physicians under the Criminal Code and reported findings of offences made under the Health Insurance Act,
and the following parameters will apply:
• nly findings of guilt made after someone becomes a
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member are included;
• nly findings of guilt made after the by-law comes
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into effect are included (the by-law sets out the date of
June 1, 2015, for certainty and clarity);
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• e by-law provides for a brief summary of the finding to be included;
• notation that a decision is under appeal will be
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included;
• The sentence will be included.
Physicians are currently obligated to file a report in
writing with the Registrar if they are found guilty of an
offence, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving
notice of the finding, in accordance with the requirements of Section 85.6.1 of the Health Professions ProContinued on pg. 23
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