There is no age of majority when it comes to health-care decisions in Ontario and most of Canada Elyse Sunshine tells AdvocateDaily.com.… Read More →
Complaints and Reports
Dentists have Discretion to Implement Cancellation and Late Arrival Policies
A patient complained about the conduct of his dentist, stating that the dentist’s cancellation policy and possible refusal to provide… Read More →
What Is A “Review” At The Health Professions Appeal And Review Board? Plus, Some Helpful Guidance From Recent Review Decisions
The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (the “Board”) is an independent adjudicative agency that, on request, reviews decisions made… Read More →
Agreeing to an Undertaking was not Enough to Avoid a Caution where Family Physician Inappropriately Prescribed Narcotics and Kept Poor Records
A patient of a family physician had concerns about the medical care he received, specifically, that his doctor: prescribed inappropriate… Read More →
HPARB Finds Decision to Caution Unreasonable
One Complaint Does Not Constitute “a significant history of complaints” The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (the Board) returned… Read More →
Be Mindful of Health Professional/Patient Relationship Boundaries
Engaging with Your Patient on Social Media? Want to Hire a Patient as an Employee? Be Mindful of Health Professional/Patient… Read More →