Policy

One of the College’s key duties as a medical regulator is to provide guidance to Ontario physicians on professionalism and on specific issues that are relevant to the practice of medicine. This guidance is outlined in the Practice Guide and in College policies. These are developed by the College to assist the profession in providing quality health care and to ensure that the interests of patients – the citizens of Ontario – are protected.

The Practice Guide is the foundational document for all College policies. It outlines the values and principles of the profession; provides assistance to the profession in determining specific duties and the reasons for those duties; and organizes the existing policies of the College within a principled framework and provides a basis for new policy development. policy image

College policies (listed below) outline more specific guidance on issues and are grounded in the values, principles and duties of medical professionalism articulated in the Practice Guide. They also reflect relevant legal requirements found in legislation, regulation and by-laws.

Together, the Practice Guide and College policies reflect the expectations for the professional conduct of physicians practising in Ontario. In addition to providing guidance to the profession, the Practice Guide and policies serve as a benchmark against which the conduct of individual physicians is measured.

Policies

Practice

Administrative

Drugs/Prescribing

Education

Registration

  1. Academic Registration
  2. Acceptable Qualifying Examinations
  3. Alternative to the MCCQE 2 Examination
  4. Canadian Citizenship/Permanent Resident Status Exemption
  5. Changing Scope of Practice
  6. Doctors of Osteopathy
  7. Ontario-Quebec Agreement
  8. Pathway 1 – Canadian Medical Degree and Postgraduate Training without RCPSC or CFPC Certification
  9. Pathway 2 – IMG with Canadian Postgraduate Training without RCPSC or CFPC Certification
  10. Pathway 3 – U.S. or Canadian Medical Degree or Doctor of Osteopathy with U.S. Postgraduate Training and Certification
  11. Pathway 4 – IMG with US Postgraduate Training and Certification
  12. Postgraduate Education Term for Clinical Fellows
  13. Pre-Entry Assessment Program Exemption
  14. Recognition of Certification without Examination Issued by CFPC
  15. Recognition of Non-Family Medicine Specialists
  16. Re-entering Practice
  17. Residents Working Additional Hours for Pay
  18. Restricted Certificates of Registration
  19. Shadowing – Observing Physicians in a Clinical Setting

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  1. Academic Registration
  2. Acceptable Qualifying Examinations
  3. Accepting New Patients
  4. Alternative to the MCCQE 2 Examination
  5. Anabolic Steroids
  6. Block Fees and Uninsured Services
  7. Buprenorphine Hydrochloride for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
  8. Canadian Citizenship/Permanent Resident Status Exemption
  9. Changing Scope of Practice
  10. Complementary Medicine
  11. Confidentiality of Personal Health Information
  12. Conflict of Interest: Recruitment of Subjects for Research Studies
  13. Consent to Medical Treatment
  14. Criminal Record Screening
  15. Decision-making for the End of Life
  16. Delegation of Controlled Acts
  17. Disclosure of Harm
  18. Dispensing Drugs
  19. Doctors of Osteopathy
  20. Drug Samples (Clinical Evaluation Packages)
  21. Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship
  22. Faxing Prescriptions
  23. Female Circumcision, Excision and Infibulation
  24. Fetal Ultrasound for Non-Medical Reasons
  25. Maintaining Appropriate Boundaries and Preventing Sexual Abuse
  26. Mandatory Reporting
  27. MD Relations with Drug Companies
  28. Medical Marijuana
  29. Medical Records
  30. Methadone Maintenance Treatment for Opioid Dependence
  31. Ontario-Quebec Agreement
  32. Pathway 1 – Canadian Medical Degree and Postgraduate Training without RCPSC or CFPC Certification
  33. Pathway 2 – IMG with Canadian Postgraduate Training without RCPSC or CFPC Certification
  34. Pathway 3 – U.S. or Canadian Medical Degree or Doctor of Osteopathy with U.S. Postgraduate Training and Certification
  35. Pathway 4 – IMG with US Postgraduate Training and Certification
  36. Physician Behaviour in the Professional Environment
  37. Physicians and Health Emergencies
  38. Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code
  39. Physicians with Blood Borne Pathogens
  40. Postgraduate Education Term for Clinical Fellows
  41. Practice Management Considerations for Physicians Who Cease to Practise, Take an Extended Leave of Absence or Close Their Practice Due to Relocation
  42. Pre-Entry Assessment Program Exemption
  43. Prescribing Drugs That Have Not Been Approved for Use in Canada
  44. Prescribing Practices
  45. Prescription Drug Abuse
  46. Preventing Medication Errors
  47. Professional Responsibilities in Postgraduate Medical Education
  48. Professional Responsibilities in Undergraduate Medical Education
  49. Recognition of Certification without Examination Issued by CFPC
  50. Recognition of Non-Family Medicine Specialists
  51. Re-entering Practice
  52. Regulations Concerning Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances
  53. Release of Physician Information in Batch Form
  54. Residents Working Additional Hours for Pay
  55. Restricted Certificates of Registration
  56. Shadowing – Observing Physicians in a Clinical Setting
  57. Telemedicine
  58. Third Party Reports
  59. Treating Self and Family Members
  60. Withdrawal of Physician Services During Job Actions

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