in Fernando Aith et al, eds, Regulação das Profissões de Saúde no Brasil e em Perspectiva Comparada [trans. Regulation of Health Professions in Brazil and in a Comparative Perspective] (Sao Paulo: CEPEDISA, 2020) , 2020
The regulation of professionals in Canada falls under the provincial governments’ jurisdiction wi... more The regulation of professionals in Canada falls under the provincial governments’ jurisdiction with respect to health care. Provincial governments and the territories determine which health professions to regulate and the manner of their regulation. Regulation of health professionals varies across the provinces and territories. This paper explores the model of regulation of health professionals in Ontario, Canada’s most populated province. Ontario was at the forefront in the early 1990s when it developed a detailed model of health professions regulation. The Ontario model has often been seen as an interesting model of self-regulation built around a detailed statutory scheme. The paper aims at sketching a picture of the model of self-regulation that Ontario embraced, and at identifying certain key issues pertaining to its regulatory model. Following a sketch of the various components of self-governance, we will discuss some of the limitations of the system, through the lens of some recent controversies.
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indigenous health care practitioners. It concludes that the primary limitations of the regulatory model arise on account of professional self-interest and power-relations impacting procedural issues, and the complexity of the regulatory model that may potentially undermine quality control.
Citation: Lemmens, T, & Mahadevia Ghimire, K. (2019). Regulation of Health Professions in Ontario: Self-regulation with Statutory- based Public Accountability. Revista de Direito Sanitário / Journal of Health Law. 19(3): 124-204. Available at: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rdisan/article/view/158505
indigenous health care practitioners. It concludes that the primary limitations of the regulatory model arise on account of professional self-interest and power-relations impacting procedural issues, and the complexity of the regulatory model that may potentially undermine quality control.
Citation: Lemmens, T, & Mahadevia Ghimire, K. (2019). Regulation of Health Professions in Ontario: Self-regulation with Statutory- based Public Accountability. Revista de Direito Sanitário / Journal of Health Law. 19(3): 124-204. Available at: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rdisan/article/view/158505