Bill 117 explained in plain English
Enhancing Patient Care and Pharmacy Safety (Statute Law Amendment) Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 117 amends various Ontario statutes to enhance pharmacy regulation and regulate health professions, including allowing hospital premises to be considered pharmacies and altering reporting requirements for physician resignations.
Bill 117, titled the Enhancing Patient Care and Pharmacy Safety (Statute Law Amendment) Act, 2014, amends several Ontario laws. It aims to improve the regulation of pharmacies and other matters related to regulated health professions. Key changes include allowing hospital and institutional premises to be considered "pharmacies" under certain conditions, introducing new reporting requirements for hospitals when physicians resign or restrict their practice due to competence concerns, and modifying procedures for health profession regulatory colleges regarding complaints and disciplinary actions. The bill also adjusts rules for appointing supervisors to colleges and clarifies exceptions to confidentiality for regulated health professionals.
- Amends the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act to include definitions for "hospital," "hospital patient," "hospital pharmacy," and "institutional pharmacy," and to deem certain hospital and institutional premises as pharmacies for specific provisions of the Act.
- Amends the Public Hospitals Act to require hospital administrators to report physician resignations or practice restrictions to the College of Physicians and Surgeons if there are concerns about competence, negligence, or conduct.
- Amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, and the Health Professions Procedural Code to modify the process for appointing supervisors to health profession colleges, add exceptions to confidentiality requirements, and change procedures for handling complaints against regulated health professionals.
- Amends the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act to add provisions regarding contact persons for hospital and institutional pharmacies, and to allow for different classes of accreditation certificates for pharmacies.
- Amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, to repeal and substitute provisions related to College supervisors and to modify exceptions to confidentiality requirements for disclosures.
- Amends the Health Professions Procedural Code regarding complaint processes, including changes to how the Registrar handles complaints and the review process by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee.
- Amends the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act to specify reporting requirements when a health professional resigns or restricts practice due to concerns about their competence, negligence, or conduct.
- Hospitals and health or custodial institutions.
- Operators of hospital and institutional pharmacies.
- Physicians who resign or restrict their practice.
- Hospital administrators.
- Health profession regulatory colleges in Ontario.
- Members of regulated health professions.
- The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- Registrars and committees of health profession regulatory colleges.
- Complainants and members involved in disciplinary or complaint processes.
- Hospital administrators have an obligation to report physician resignations or practice restrictions under certain circumstances.
- Hospitals and institutions must designate a contact person for hospital or institutional pharmacies.
- Individuals who have reasonable grounds to believe a health professional's resignation, relinquishment, or restriction of practice is related to misconduct, incompetence, or incapacity must file a report with the Registrar within 30 days.
- Health profession regulatory colleges must provide notice to the Minister before taking certain actions involving hospital or institutional pharmacies.
- The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, is amended to allow for additional exceptions to the duty of confidentiality.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The bill does not explicitly mention any new taxes or fees.
- The bill does not explicitly outline new penalties but amends existing acts that may have enforcement and penalty provisions.
- The specific regulations governing 'hospital pharmacies' and 'institutional pharmacies' under the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, including prescribed locations and modifications, will be detailed in future regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- The bill states that the Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation, meaning the effective date is not yet specified.
- The bill refers to regulations that may prescribe additional limitations or purposes for various sections, which are not detailed within the bill text itself.
Allows premises associated with hospitals and health/custodial institutions to be considered 'pharmacies' for specific purposes under the Act, adds new definitions, and introduces requirements for contact persons for these pharmacies.
Source: Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Requires hospital administrators to report physician resignations or practice restrictions to the College of Physicians and Surgeons if there are reasonable grounds to believe the resignation or restriction is related to the physician's competence, negligence, or conduct.
Source: Section 8
Modifies the process for appointing supervisors to health profession colleges and changes exceptions to confidentiality requirements.
Source: Section 9
Introduces new procedures for dealing with complaints against regulated health professionals, including changes to the Registrar's role and the review process by committees.
Source: Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
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