TRAnsparency
information
transparency
accountability
public’s
right-to-know
More information to be posted
on the public register
Council approves posting Cautions-in-Person, SCERPs
C
ouncil approved a range
of by-laws that will see
more information put
on the public register.
The three-year Transparency Initiative was born of a growing recognition that access to more information
may assist the public in choosing a
health-care professional, enhance
regulatory accountability and better
inform any evaluation of the performance of professional regulation.
The new information to be posted
includes criminal charges, cautionsin-person, specified continuing
education or remediation program
(SCERPs) orders, discipline findings
in other jurisdictions, and licences in
other jurisdictions.
“These by-laws represent an
important and fundamental change
for both the public and the medical profession,” said Dr. Carol Leet,
College President. “As such, we took
a deliberately principled approach,
carefully considering transparency
and fairness,” she said.
The College was joined in this
Transparency Initiative by the
colleges that govern dentists,
pharmacists, nurses, physiotherapists, and opticians. Together we
formed a group – the Advisory
Group for Regulatory Excellence
(AGRE) – to develop recommendations for making categories of
information about all our members available to the public; and
improve information provided to
the public about colleges more
generally.
“In order for the public to trust
that the system works, we need to
demonstrate that the system works,”
said Dr. Rocco Gerace, College Registrar. “We need to show value to the
public which we serve. After all, we
live in a new era of expectations and
the practices of health-care regulators must reflect this reality,” he said.
AGRE considered the degree
of risk posed to patients as the
measure in determining which
outcome ordered by the Inquiries,
Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC) should be posted on the
public register; it was decided that
the more serious the ICRC outcome, the more important that the
information be made public.
Timeline of New
Information Added to
the CPSO Public Register
2013
• edical Records Location
M
• Notices of Hearing
• Hearing Status
• Reinstatement Decisions
• utcome/Status of Out-ofO
Hospital Premises Inspections
2014
• Criminal Convictions
• Bail Conditions
• Illegal Practitioners
2015
• Criminal Charges
• Cautions-in-Person
• CERPs (specified continuing
S
education or remediation
program) orders
• icences and Discipline
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Findings – Other Jurisdictions
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