Preventing and Addressing Sexual Abuse of Patients April 2015 | Page 5

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Enhanced penalties including the “mandatory revocation” provisions for sexual intercourse or other
specified acts of physical sexual relations between health professionals and their patients.
These provisions in the Regulated Health Professions Act came into force on December 31, 1993.
In 1999, a new Task Force was struck by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, to review the
effectiveness and impact of the RHPA. That Task Force reported to the Health Professions Regulatory
Advisory Council (HPRAC), which then made recommendations to the Minister in 2001.
This document provides information on the CPSO’s Patient Relations Program, outlining the many
successful activities undertaken since 1993 aimed at preventing and dealing with the sexual abuse of
patients by physicians.
Also included is an overview of previous recommendations made in the 1991 Task Force Report; 200