Professional Regulation and Discipline on behalf of Registrants
- College Complaints
- College Discipline Proceedings
- Peer Reviews
- Quality Assurance Proceedings
- College Fitness to Practice Proceedings
- College Investigations
- Appeals of Decisions of Regulatory Bodies
- Health Professions Appeal and Review Board Reviews and Appeals
- Assistance with Registration and Licensure
- Representation in matters before various tribunals including the Health Services Appeal and Review Board, the Human Rights Tribunal
Professional Regulation and Discipline on behalf of Regulators
- Serving as Independent Legal Counsel to Discipline panels
- Providing training to Discipline and ICRC panel members
- Providing training of College staff
- Reviewing and drafting Rules of Practice
Hospital Privileges Challenges
- Hospital Complaints and Privileges Challenges and issues with administration
- Advising professional staff with respect to internal complaints and interpersonal disputes
Opinions and Advice
- Opinions respecting legislation, policy and legislative developments, etc.
- Advising with respect to new ventures in health care
- Regulatory advice
- Health Care billing issues
- Contracts and Agreements
- Hiring, employment contracts, termination issues and other employment issues from a health regulatory perspective
- Compliance with College guidelines and professional standards
- Assistance of staff/members with professional legal issues
- Assistance with submissions to Government
- Preparation of practice forms and templates
- Preparation of office policies and protocols
- Preparation of Policy and Procedure Manuals
- Preparation of Toolkits, Model Policies, and Education Materials
- Preparation for Audits and Inspections
- Private and Alternative Models for delivery of care
- Research Ethics
- Workplace harassment and discrimination issues
- Human Rights complaints
- Assistance with Advertising in health care
Privacy Law
- Assistance with Complaints
- Policy Development and Review
- Privacy Impact Assessments and PHIPA Audits
- Management of Privacy Breaches
- Training on privacy policies and breach management
Independent Health Facilities and Out of Hospital Premises
- Preparation for and assistance during inspections and audits
- Responding to inquiries or inspection reports
Billing Issues and Audits
- OHIP Payment Disputes
- Responding to inquiries from insurance companies and regulators
Healthcare Businesses and Ventures
- Advice and assistance with the laws respecting delivery of healthcare
- Advice regarding charging patients directly for uninsured services
- Advice regarding advertising of healthcare services
- Advice regarding arrangements among healthcare providers and businesses
- Assistance with submissions to Government
Consent, Capacity and Mental Health Law
- Advice to Individuals and Families regarding Mental Health, Consent and Capacity
- Assistance with Capacity assessments, powers of attorney and guardianship issues
- Advice re: End of Life Issues
Litigation and Other Advocacy
- Civil Litigation
- Employment Disputes
- Judicial Review Applications
- Partnership or Practice Group Disputes
- Representation in matters before health tribunals
- Representation in matters before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal
- Assistance of staff/members with professional legal issues
- Academic discipline
Training and Workshops
- Training of Professional and Support Staff
- Custodian training for privacy compliance
- Association member training