Medicine Amendment Act, 2014 Clark, Steve — Bill 29 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 29, 41-1

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Bill 29, Medicine Amendment Act, 2014

Clark, Steve

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Bill 29 2014

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:

Register

(1) The

register maintained by the Registrar shall contain the following information

about each member, in addition to the information that is required under the

Health Professions Procedural Code:

1. A

notation of every complaint filed with the Registrar regarding the conduct or

actions of the member.

2. A

notation of every caution of a member by a panel of the Inquiries, Complaints

and Reports Committee.

3. With

respect to every civil action or proceeding alleging the member's professional

negligence or malpractice, the prescribed information.

4. A

notation of every death of a patient who was under the member's care, as

determined in accordance with the regulations.

5. If

a member practised medicine in another jurisdiction, all available information from

the other jurisdiction that is comparable, as determined in accordance with the

regulations, to the information described in paragraphs 1 to 4.

Same

(2) The Registrar shall make best efforts

to obtain the information described in paragraphs 1 to 5 of subsection (1).

Publication

ban

(3) No action shall be taken under this

section which violates a publication ban, and nothing in this

section requires

or authorizes the violation of a publication ban.

Section

12 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

d) for

the purposes of paragraphs 1 to 5 of subsection 8 (1), prescribing anything

referred to as prescribed and governing any matter referred to as being

determined in accordance with the regulations.

Commencement

3. This

Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant

Governor.

Short

title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Medicine Amendment Act,

2014 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

Currently,

the Health Professions Procedural Code requires the College of Physicians and

Surgeons of Ontario to maintain a public register of its members containing

certain information. The Bill amends the Medicine Act,

1991 , to provide that the register must also include information about

complaints, cautions and civil actions or proceedings against a member, as well

as information about deaths occurring in patients under the member's care. The

register would also include comparable information from other jurisdictions in

which a member practised.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

October 20, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 20, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 29, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 29 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
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