US EditionSome Ontario doctors can treat family members as regulatory college relaxes rules amid shortage
ONTARIO, CANADA, JUL 11 – The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario updated rules to ease care access in underserved areas, allowing limited treatment of family when no other providers are available.
- On July 11, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario relaxed rules allowing doctors to treat family members amid the province’s primary care shortage.
- Prompted by primary care shortages, Ontario's policy update allows doctors to treat family members where no alternative providers exist, addressing access gaps in underserved communities.
- The CPSO approved the policy in May and published it in June, allowing doctors to order tests and treat illnesses for close contacts with restrictions on intimate exams and narcotics in underserved communities.
- Ontario doctors can now treat family members in underserved areas, improving access amid primary care shortages in rural and Indigenous communities.
- Beyond regulatory changes, Ontario commits $2.1 billion to expand primary care, aiming to improve access and support the CPSO's policy relaxation amid ongoing shortages.
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Some Ontario Doctors Can Treat Family Members as Regulatory College Relaxes Rules Amid Shortage
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is relaxing its policy against doctors treating themselves, family members and others close to them amid the province’s primary care crisis. Doctors were previously only allowed to treat relatives and other people close to them in emergencies or for minor conditions if no other qualified health-care professional was readily available. Now, doctors can provide other medical care—including ordering…
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Some Ontario doctors can treat family members as regulatory college relaxes rules amid shortage
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TORONTO — The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons relaxes its policy prohibiting physicians from caring for themselves, family members and other relatives because of the primary care crisis in the province. Previously, physicians were only allowed to care for their loved ones in case of emergency or minor conditions, if no other qualified health care professional was available. Now, they can provide other medical care, such as prescribing…
Some Ontario doctors can treat family members as regulatory college relaxes rules amid shortage – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is relaxing its policy against doctors treating themselves, family members and others close to them amid the province’s primary care crisis. Doctors were previously only allowed to treat relatives and other people close to them in emergencies or for minor conditions if no other qualified health-care professional was readily available. Now, doctors can provide other medical care — includ…
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