O. Reg. 286/23: REGISTRATION

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ontario regulation 286/23

made under the

Medicine Act, 1991

Made: July 28, 2023
Approved: August 17, 2023
Filed: August 21, 2023
Published on e-Laws: August 21, 2023
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 9, 2023

Amending O. Reg. 865/93

(REGISTRATION)

1. Ontario Regulation 865/93 is amended by adding the following section immediately before the heading “Academic Practice”:

3.2 (1) An applicant who, in the year immediately preceding their application for a certificate of registration authorizing independent practice, has held a certificate of registration issued by the College authorizing practice in emergency circumstances, is exempt from the standards and qualifications required under paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection 3 (1) if the applicant has a certification issued by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or by the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

(2) An applicant who, in the year immediately preceding their application for a certificate of registration authorizing independent practice, has held a certificate of registration issued by the College authorizing practice in emergency circumstances, is exempt from the standards and qualifications required under clause 2 (2) (c) in respect of payment of the relevant application fee but not in respect of payment of the annual membership fee.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Emergency Circumstances Practice

6.2 (1) The standards and qualifications for a certificate of registration authorizing practice in emergency circumstances are as follows:

1. The Minister must have requested that the College initiate registrations under this class based on the Minister’s opinion that emergency circumstances call for it, or the Council must have determined, after taking into account all of the relevant circumstances that impact the ability of applicants to meet the ordinary registration requirements, that there are emergency circumstances, and that it is in the public interest that the College issue emergency certificates of registration.

2. The applicant must have a degree in medicine.

3. The applicant must have completed one year of postgraduate medical education at an accredited medical school.

4. A member who is a physician holding a certificate of registration authorizing independent practice must give an undertaking to supervise the applicant and be responsible for providing continuing care for patients attended by the applicant in Ontario.

5. The applicant must have any other standard or qualification that the Council has identified as necessary in order for holders of emergency certificates of registration to assist in addressing the determined emergency circumstances.

(2) The requirements of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of subsection (1) are non-exemptible.

(3) It is a term, condition and limitation of a certificate of registration authorizing practice in emergency circumstances that,

(a) the holder practise under the supervision of a member who is a physician;

(b) the certificate expires on the earlier of,

(i) one year from the date the certificate was issued or renewed, and

(ii) the 90th day after the Council declares that the emergency circumstances have ended; and

(c) the holder must adhere to any other terms, conditions and limitations that the Council has identified as necessary in order for holders of emergency certificates of registration to assist in addressing the determined emergency circumstances.

(4) The Registrar may renew a certificate of registration authorizing practice in emergency circumstances for one or more periods, each of which is not to exceed one year, if the Council has not declared that the emergency circumstances have ended.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day subsection 3 (3) of Schedule 6 to the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario:
Le Conseil de l’Ordre des médecins et chirurgiens de l’Ontario :

Nancy Whitmore

Registrar & CEO

Rob Gratton

President

Date made: July 28, 2023
Pris le : 28 juillet 2023

 

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