Policies
One of the CPSO’s key duties as a medical regulator is to provide guidance to Ontario physicians on professionalism and issues relevant to the practice of medicine.
We developed the Practice Guide and our policies to give guidance to the profession in providing quality health care to patients.
The Practice Guide forms the foundation for all College policies by outlining the values and principles of the profession. Policies outline specific expectations, and reflect relevant legal requirements found in legislation, regulation and by-laws.
Together, these documents serve as a benchmark against which individual physicians' conduct is evaluated.
Top 5 Frequently Accessed Policies
Policies
- Accepting New Patients
- Advertising
- Availability and Coverage
- Boundary Violations
- Cannabis for Medical Purposes
- Closing a Medical Practice
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Conflicts of Interest and Industry Relationships
- Consent to Treatment
- Decision-Making for End-of-Life Care
- Delegation of Controlled Acts
- Disclosure of Harm
- Dispensing Drugs
- Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship
- Ensuring Competence: Changing Scope of Practice and/or Re-entering Practice
- Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services
- Infection Prevention and Control for Clinical Office Practice
- Managing Tests
- Mandatory and Permissive Reporting
- Medical Assistance in Dying
- Medical Records Documentation
- Medical Records Management
- Physician Treatment of Self, Family Members, or Others Close to Them
- Prescribing Drugs
- Professional Behaviour
- Professional Responsibilities in Medical Education
- Protecting Personal Health Information
- Providing Physician Services During Job Actions
- Public Health Emergencies
- Social Media
- Third Party Medical Reports
- Transitions in Care
- Uninsured Services: Billing and Block Fees
- Virtual Care
- Walk-in Clinics
