Policies
One of CPSO’s key duties as a medical regulator is to provide guidance to Ontario physicians on professionalism and issues relevant to the practice of medicine.
We developed Essentials of Medical Professionalism and our policies to give guidance to the profession in providing quality health care to patients.
Essentials of Medical Professionalism articulates the values and duties at the core of medical practice and informs the expectations set out in policies. Policies outline specific expectations relating to the practice of medicine and professionalism.
Policy Topics
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- Availability and Coverage
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Consent to Treatment
- Decision-Making for End-of-Life Care
- Delegation of Controlled Acts
- Dispensing Drugs
- Ensuring Competence: Changing Scope of Practice and/or Re-entering Practice
- Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice
- Managing Tests
- Medical Assistance in Dying
- Medical Records Documentation
- Physician Treatment of Self, Family Members, or Others Close to Them
- Prescribing Drugs
- Public Health Emergencies
- Transitions in Care
- Virtual Care
- Walk-in Clinics
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- Accepting New Patients
- Advertising
- Availability and Coverage
- Closing a Medical Practice
- Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship
- Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice
- Managing Tests
- Mandatory and Permissive Reporting
- Medical Records Management
- Protecting Personal Health Information
- Uninsured Services: Billing and Block Fees
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- Boundary Violations
- Conflicts of Interest and Industry Relationships
- Essentials of Medical Professionalism
- Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services
- Physician Treatment of Self, Family Members, or Others Close to Them
- Professional Behaviour
- Professional Responsibilities in Medical Education
- Providing Physician Services During Job Actions
- Social Media
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