Bill 68 explained in plain English
Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Treating Spouses), 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 68 amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 to allow disciplinary panels to not reprimand or revoke a health professional's registration if the patient was their spouse at the time of the alleged misconduct.
This bill, known as the Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act (Treating Spouses), 2012, amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. It introduces an exception to disciplinary actions for health professionals who have sexually abused a patient, specifically when the patient was the professional's spouse at the time. The bill also provides a definition for 'spouse' in this context.
- Amends section 51 of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.
- Introduces an exception to the requirement for disciplinary panels to reprimand a health professional or revoke their registration in cases of sexual abuse of a patient.
- Specifies that this exception applies if the patient was the member's spouse at the relevant time.
- Provides a definition for 'spouse' within the context of this exception, including common-law relationships.
- Regulated health professionals in Ontario.
- Disciplinary panels of health profession regulatory bodies.
- Patients who are spouses of regulated health professionals.
- Disciplinary panels are no longer required to reprimand a health professional or revoke their registration if the patient was their spouse at the time of the alleged sexual abuse.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill modifies existing disciplinary procedures, potentially affecting the mandatory reprimand or revocation of a health professional's registration.
- The bill does not specify what actions disciplinary panels may take if they choose not to reprimand or revoke registration under the new exception.
- The definition of 'spouse' includes individuals in a conjugal relationship outside of marriage, but the specifics of 'living together' are not detailed.
- The bill does not alter the finding of professional misconduct itself, only the mandatory disciplinary actions that follow.
Adds new subsections to section 51 of Schedule 2, creating an exception for spouses regarding mandatory disciplinary actions in cases of patient sexual abuse.
Source: Section 51 of Schedule 2
Modifies provisions related to finding professional misconduct and the consequences thereof when the patient is the member's spouse.
Source: Section 51 of Schedule 2
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