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The College has the third lowest fee rate among the other Medical Regulatory Authorities in Canada. The highest fee is in Alberta, at $ 1,960. The increases over the five years( for 2015 there was no increase) have been necessary to meet the escalating activity at the College. The costs reflect the expansion of numerous quality improvement programs, particularly peer assessment, the increasing number of incapacity investigations and the sheer volume and increasing complexity of College investigations. It was noted that there has been an 18 % rise in complaints over the previous year and a 16 % increase in referrals to discipline. It was also noted that the College’ s resources are stressed by efforts to meet the increased demands of a number of government reviews, ad hoc data requests and legislative amendments.
To meet these demands, Council is also proposing the following:
• Increasing the fee for an application for a Certificate of Registration for a post-graduate licence from 10 % of the membership fee to 25 %;
• Increasing the fee for an application for a Certificate of Registration for an independent practice from 50 % of the membership fee to 60 %;
• Increasing the Certificate of Professional Conduct fee from $ 50 to $ 75( this fee has not been increased since 2008); and
• Establishing an expedited review service fee for those registration applications that meet the requirements for a Certificate of Registration that are set out in the regulation. Applicants who wish to expedite the initial assessment of such applications to less than 3 weeks will have the option to do so with the new fee. Expedited review does not include the time taken to issue a Certificate. Expedited service is not available for those applications that require review by the College’ s Registration Committee.
Please see more about the external consultation on the fee proposals at www. cpso. on. ca
In related decisions, Council voted to:
• increase the tariff rate of a day’ s discipline hearing by 10 %( from $ 5,000 to $ 5,500);
• raise the fee for an initial application for a Certificate of Authorization from $ 350 to $ 400; and
• raise the fee for a renewal of a Certificate of Authorization from $ 125 to $ 175.
As part of the effort to attract physicians to College work, Council approved a 1 % inflationary increase in per diems for physician Council and Committee members. The increase is effective January 1, 2017. MD
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Issue 4, 2016 Dialogue 13