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Access to care challenges a key consideration.
December 2024
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CPSO is consulting on a draft Treatment of Self, Family Members, and Others Close to You policy. The current access to care challenges in Ontario were a key consideration for the proposed changes.
Key updates include:
- Expanding the circumstances where physicians can treat themselves, family members, and others close to them by updating the definition of emergency treatment;
- Clarifying who is considered close to a physician by setting out factors that the physician can consider to determine if their professional judgment is reasonably affected by the relationship; and
- Including provisions to enable care beyond emergency treatment and treatment of minor conditions in communities with limited treatment options, including Indigenous and remote communities.
The draft Advice document provides further guidance, including a section highlighting the policy’s application in Indigenous communities and examples of emergency and minor treatment.
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