Considerations to Inform the Regulatory and Legislative Dialogue on Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) 04 mars 2015 Alice Melcov The following article outlines five considerations that both provincial and national decision-makers could take into account as they move forward on post-Carter developments.
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.
Intrusion Upon Seclusion Can Coexist with the Personal Health Information Protection Act: Court of Appeal Decision in Hopkins v. Kay 03 mars 2015 Jeffrey Bagg The following reviews the decision in Hopkins v Kay in which an unanimous Court of Appeal ruled that PHIPA does not prevent plaintiffs from pursuing an action under intrusion upon seclusion where a privacy breach involves personal health information.
PHIPA Does Not Protect Health Information Custodians From Lawsuits 03 mars 2015 Daniel Strigberger The following reviews the Ontario Court of Appeal's decision in Hopkins v. Kay which establishes hospitals can be sued (in a proposed class action) for a privacy breach.
Talk To An Expert: The Preparation And Use Of Expert Reports In Litigation 03 mars 2015 Marco P. Falco The following reviews some of the rules governing the preparation and use of expert reports in litigation as established in Moore v. Getahun, 2015 ONCA 55.
The Push for Transparency: Additional Information about Health Professionals to Become Public in 2015 06 février 2015 Erin Dobbelsteyn In response to requests from the public and the government, Ontario's health regulatory Colleges are taking steps to make more information about health care professionals publicly available. This article reviews the Colleges' ongoing transparency initiatives and provides a summary of the types of information that the Colleges will be disclosing about their members in the near future.
Quebec Introduces Legislation To Reform Health Services, Affecting Access To Fertility Treatments And Imposing A Minimum Caseload Per Doctor 26 janvier 2015 Adrienne Blanchard and Véronique Barry The following is a brief commentary on Quebec's Bill 20, An Act to Enact the Act to Promote Access to Family Medicine and Specialized Medicine Services and to Amend Various Legislative Provisions Relating to Assisted Procreation.
Expanded Duty To Notify The College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Ontario 20 janvier 2015 Kirsten Crain and Kate Crawford The following reviews hospitals' expanded duty to report concerns about physicians' competence, negligence or conduct to the College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario under the Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014.
Recent Case Regarding Parent Refusing Chemotherapy For First Nations Child In Favour Of Traditional Medicines: What Are The Implications For Health Care Providers? 20 janvier 2015 Daphne Jarvis The following reviews and discusses the implications for health care providers stemming from the recent decision, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation v. D.H., 2014 ONCJ 603, Ontario Court of Justice (G.B. Edward J.), 14 November 2014.
The Times, They Are A-Changin’: New Conflict of Interest Provisions Governing Optometrists 20 janvier 2015 Lindsay Kantor The following reviews and comments on the new conflict of interest provisions governing optometrists.