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Demystifying Hospital Privileges Disputes: Practice Management Tips

  • 24 février 2016
  • Nadia Marotta and Carla Whillier

The OBA Health Law section kicked off the year with a dinner program aimed at helping lawyers to navigate disputes regarding hospital privileges. The panel discussed strategic and practice-related issues, as well as recent changes to the Public Hospitals Act.

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Is the Way Family Medicine is Practised in Ontario About to Change?

  • 27 novembre 2015
  • Jeff Bagg

The Ontario Government recently released a report regarding the governance structure of primary care in the province entitled Patient Care Groups: A new model of population based primary health care for Ontario and authored by Dr. David Price and Elizabeth Baker (Price-Baker Report). The release of the report has raised speculation that the Ministry may act in the near future.

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Save the Date! OBA Institute 2016 Health Law Program

  • 06 novembre 2015
  • Jacinthe Boudreau, Stieber Berlach LLP Erin Dobbelsteyn, Rosen Sunshine LLP

Following a very successful program at the OBA Institute 2015, the Health Law Section will be hosting another program at the upcoming OBA Institute on February 4th, 2016 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Please save the date!

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The Right to Die: An Analysis of Physician Assisted Dying Legislation

  • 19 mars 2015
  • Tania Yousaf

This article explores the existing legislation in The Netherlands, Washington state and the proposed Quebec legislation with respect to physician assisted dying in light of the Carter decision and how the federal and provincial governments can look to this legislation for guidance.

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Program Review: Understanding Recent and Proposed Changes to the Regulated Health Professions Act

  • 04 mars 2015
  • Carla Whillier

The following is a review of the OBA Health Law Section's November 26, 2014 Dinner Program. Attendees at the program received information about the recent and proposed changes to the RHPA including: the history around the spousal exemption to the RHPA’s sexual abuse provisions; the recent passage of the regulation allowing spousal treatment for dentistry; and the steps Colleges are taking to attain transparency.

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