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Advocate Daily: Updates to CPSO physician behaviour policy
Following public consultation, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (the College) updated its policy on Physician Behaviour in the Professional Environment in May 2016. This policy sets...
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Advocate Daily: Nurse charged with murders raises regulatory issues
Horrific allegations that a former Ontario nurse murdered eight long-term-care residents over a seven-year period raises issues relating to the regulation of health-care professionals, says Elyse. In...
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Expert Evidence Needed When Moving to Dismiss Malpractice Claim
Unfortunately for health professionals in all disciplines and practice settings, a malpractice action can be commenced any time a patient or client suffers harm as a result of what the patient or their...
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Health Professionals on the Hook for Dishonest Staff
Unlike in other sectors, health professionals can face regulatory action for the wrongful conduct of their employees — making it crucial that they put policies and procedures in place that aim to...
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Proposed law will boost health Colleges’ powers
Ontario has introduced legislation that would see doctors’ licences revoked if they grope a patient. Currently a doctor’s licence is revoked if they are found to have sexually abused a patient through...
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Health Professionals Must Exercise Caution When Involved in Legal Proceedings...
The decision of JK v. BJH 2016 CanLII 85163 (ON HPARB) reminds health professionals to be very careful when preparing affidavits for use in legal proceedings in which they have a personal interest....
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Failure to Complete Remediation Program Results in Discipline for Doctor
Health professionals should be mindful that if the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) of their College orders remediation, failing to work with the College and to complete a remediation...
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Regulatory policies key when accessing health data on the cloud
When entering into an agreement with a cloud service provider, health professionals have to ensure that any policies and guidelines from their regulatory bodies regarding electronic health records are...
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New patient protection law must allow sentencing discretion
Sexual abuse of patients by health professionals is a serious and pressing concern, but the Ontario government’s latest effort to address this problem represents an unfortunate limitation on a College...
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Health Professionals Advised to Take Their Own Notes with Challenging Patients
This matter before the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (the “Board”) provides guidance on when a health professional should take their own notes rather than rely on the notes of a trainee or...
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Health Professionals Entitled to Adequate Opportunity to Respond to Complaints
A health care professional must be given an adequate opportunity to respond to complaints made regarding their professional care of others, and the denial of such an opportunity could result in the...
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Conflicting Evidence and Brief Reasons for Decision Convinces Court of Appeal...
This case involved a “bitterly fought business disengagement” between a chiropractor and a clinic. The chiropractor had practised at the clinic for a few years before she abruptly left one night,...
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Communication and Conflict Concerns for Independent Health Assessors
A recent matter before the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (the “Board”) exemplifies the importance of open communication and having clear reimbursement processes when patients are referred...
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Health Professionals Must Exercise Caution When Participating Personally in...
The decision of JK v. BJH 2016 CanLII 85163 (ON HPARB) reminds health professionals to be very careful when preparing affidavits for use in legal proceedings in which they have a personal interest....
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“Belligerent” Patient Not an Excuse for Doctor’s Unprofessional Behaviour
The Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario required a gastroenterologist to attend at the College to be cautioned in person about his...
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Physicians Opposed to Assisted Dying say their Charter rights are Being Violated
Doctors morally opposed to medical assistance in dying are caught between the law and their rights under the Charter as they argue that a policy which requires them to refer patients for medically...
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Physician’s story of addiction a cautionary tale for health professionals
An Ontario physician’s story of addiction, criminal conviction and job loss serves as a warning to health professionals that they can lose their career if they don’t seek help early, says Elyse...
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Failure to complete remediation program results in discipline
Health professionals should be mindful that if the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) of their College orders remediation, failing to work with the College and to complete a remediation...
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Doctor Advised Against Acquiescing to Improper Demands of Patient
The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (the “Board”) reviewed a decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (the “Committee”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons arising...
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Nurse Fails to Accept Full Responsibility for Past Misconduct, Cannot...
A nurse applied to the College of Nurses of Ontario (the “College”) for his revoked registration to be reinstated. Unfortunately, his minimization of his professional misconduct in another jurisdiction...
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