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- The Health Care Consent Act and Minors
The recent ASP v HPARB case out of the Divisional Court provides important reminders for healthcare providers treating children. The case arose factually out of a visit by a 7-year old Indigenous girl to an emergency department with a complaint of painful urination. The girl’s parents accompanied h … Read more »
- Greater Access to Gender-Affirming Surgery in Ontario
Recently, the Divisional Court unanimously dismissed an appeal by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) of a decision by the Health Services Appeal and Review Board (Board) finding that a vaginoplasty without a penectomy is a listed service and, therefore, eligible for OHIP funding. The decision … Read more »
- Regulated Health Professionals can be Held Accountable for Business Practices
In Spirou v College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, the Divisional Court considered whether the action of four physiotherapists concerning the management of their co-owned clinic could fall under the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario’s (College) jurisdiction. The four physiotherapists co-owned … Read more »
- Conduct During the COVID-19 Pandemic Results in Licence Revocation
In January 2024, the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (the Tribunal) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) released two separate penalty decisions relating to the conduct of two physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the decisions, College of Physic … Read more »
- Limits on Physician Access to Hospital Records Even in the Face of Malpractice Litigation
A recent case from the Divisional Court is an important reminder for physicians that they should not be accessing a patient’s hospital records, even in the context of defending malpractice litigation. In Martin (Estate) v Health Professions Appeal and Review Board, an emergency medicine physician tr … Read more »