REPORTS FROM COUNCIL
These changes were accomplished without
adding more resources.
Dr. Whitmore also informed Council
that we are in the process of testing our new
Quality Improvement tools with nearly 1,000
family physicians.
Governance Discussion
As the College moves toward modernizing its
governance structure, the College’s Governance
Committee has done a review of our frame-
work and put forward several proposals for
preliminary discussion.
Some of the proposals include limiting com-
mittee terms to a maximum of nine years and
capping the limit on any combination of com-
mittee or Council membership to 18 years.
At the next meeting, a bylaw will come
before Council proposing to discontinue the
Outreach Committee and have its work ab-
sorbed by the Executive Committee mandate.
Policy Redesign Implementation
Council has approved the first batch of poli-
cies that have been redesigned to improve
their use and readability for physicians. The
expectations in the policies have not changed.
The 11 policies have been redesigned to be
more clear and concise and better distinguish
between mandatory and permissive expecta-
tions. The policy redesign strategy reflects the
“keep it simple” approach inherent in right-
touch regulation.
An additional batch of redesigned policies
will be considered later this year.
Policies – External consultations
We want your feedback on three draft poli-
cies now out for consultation. We invite
you to participate in consultations for the
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following draft policies: Disclosure of
Harm, Boundary Violations and Prescrib-
ing Drugs.
Materials for each consultation, includ-
ing instructions on submitting feedback,
are available online at www.cpso.on.ca. The
deadline to provide feedback is August 2,
2019.
We have articles about each of the draft
policies in this issue.
Cayton Report and Regulatory
Reform
Council was presented with information about
a report resulting from an inquiry into the
College of Dental Surgeons of BC (CDSBC).
In 2018, the BC Minister of Health asked
Mr. Harry Cayton, the former CEO of the
United Kingdom’s Professional Standards
Authority, to conduct an inquiry into the
CDSBC. The inquiry followed reports of the
mishandling of allegations of sexually inap-
propriate comments made to a dentist by its
then Registrar/CEO.
The scope of the inquiry was broader than
this particular incident and Council was
provided with a copy of the report because it
addresses the Health Professions Act and the
statutory framework for health professional
regulation in BC. The report is relevant to the
CPSO given the potential for health profes-
sional regulatory reform in Ontario and Mr.
Cayton’s influence as an international expert
in health regulation.
Overall, the report supports the work that
the CPSO has done on governance, policy
redesign and physician engagement, and
the work that will be done as part of the
Strategic Plan and continuing governance
modernization.
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