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Sunday, January 4, 2015

CPSO Transparency Project – Phase 2 Have your say

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View the feedback and join the conversation on our online discussion page
Deadline for comments:
April 1, 2015

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A proposal to add information to the public register: Cautions-in-person, Specified Continuing Education and Remediation Plans (SCERPs), criminal charges, medical licences in other jurisdictions, and discipline findings in other jurisdictions

What do patients need to know about physicians to make informed health-care decisions? The College is currently looking to expand the information available about physicians on our public register, and we’re asking for your feedback. Some of this information is related to the work of our Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC), and some is information that is generated through other processes (criminal charges for example) or regulatory authorities (findings in other jurisdictions).

The Phase 1 consultation closed in December 2014. Council considered your feedback and passed by-laws that allow criminal findings and Health Insurance Act offences, and bail conditions that affect physician practice to be posted on the public register.

We are now asking for your comments on Phase 2 of the transparency consultation. Specifically, the College is proposing amendments to Section 49(1) of the General By-Law, which sets out what information about physicians is included on the public register. In particular, we are proposing that the following information about physicians be included on the public register:

We continue to work with other health regulators as a member of The Advisory Group for Regulatory Excellence (AGRE), in considering making additional information publically available about the health-care professionals we regulate. Committed to a principled and consistent approach, AGRE has developed transparency principles to guide the decision-making process in the Transparency Initiative. These principles continue to inform all recommendations presented to College Councils.