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Bill 126, Medicine Amendment Act, 1997

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Medicine Amendment Act, 1997

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill ensures that physicians who provide non-traditional therapies or alternative forms of medicine are not found guilty of professional misconduct or incompetence unless there is evidence that proves that the therapy poses a greater risk

to a patient's health than the traditional or prevailing practice.

Bill 1261997

An Act to amend the Medicine Act, 1991

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Medicine Act, 1991 is amended by adding the following section:

Non-traditional practice

5.1 A member shall not be found guilty of professional misconduct or of incompetence under

section 51 or 52 of the Health Professions Procedural Code on the basis that the member practises a therapy that is non-traditional or

that departs from the prevailing medical practice unless there is evidence that proves that the therapy poses a greater risk to a patient's health than the traditional or prevailing practice.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Medicine Amendment Act, 1997 .

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 8, 1997

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

May 8, 1997

Second Reading

Carried

April 22, 1997

First Reading

Carried

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