Bill 18 explained in plain English
Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee Act, 2018
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The Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee Act, 2018 mandates the creation of an advisory committee to recommend strategies for matching medical school graduates with residency programs in Ontario and across Canada.
This Act requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to establish a Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee. This committee must consult with various individuals and organizations to develop recommendations on how to best match graduates of Ontario medical schools with residency programs in Ontario. It must also develop recommendations for a Canada-wide strategy to match graduates of Canadian medical schools with residency programs. The committee must report its recommendations to the Minister within eight months of its establishment. The Minister must then inform the Legislative Assembly of the actions taken regarding these recommendations within 60 days of receiving the report. The Act also specifies that the committee must be established within 60 days of the Act receiving Royal Assent.
- Requires the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to establish a Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee within 60 days of the Act receiving Royal Assent.
- Defines the mandate of the committee, which includes consulting with specified individuals and organizations to develop recommendations for matching Ontario medical school graduates with residency programs.
- Defines the mandate of the committee to also include consulting with specified individuals and organizations to develop recommendations for a Canada-wide strategy for matching Canadian medical school graduates with residency programs.
- States that the committee must report its recommendations to the Minister within eight months of its establishment.
- Requires the Minister to inform the Legislative Assembly of actions taken or planned regarding the committee's recommendations within 60 days of receiving the report.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
- Graduates of Ontario medical schools
- Graduates of Canadian medical schools
- Ontario medical schools
- Canadian medical schools
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Various specified individuals and organizations including medical associations, deans of faculties of medicine, residency matching services, and professional bodies.
- The Minister has an obligation to establish the Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee within 60 days of Royal Assent.
- The committee has an obligation to consult specified individuals and organizations and develop recommendations.
- The committee has an obligation to report its recommendations to the Minister within eight months.
- The Minister has an obligation to inform the Legislative Assembly of actions taken or planned regarding the recommendations within 60 days of receiving the report.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee must be established within 60 days after the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The committee must report its recommendations to the Minister on or before the day that is eight months after the committee is established.
- The Minister must inform the Assembly of actions taken or planned within 60 days after the committee reports to the Minister.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe remuneration and payment of expenses for committee members.
- The Act does not specify the exact composition of the committee beyond stating it shall be composed of persons the Minister believes will make useful contributions.
- The specific details regarding remuneration and payment of expenses for committee members are to be prescribed by regulation, and are not included in the Act text itself.
This is the new Act that establishes the Careers in Medicine Advisory Committee and its mandate.
Source: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3
The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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