Bill 141, Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009

Bill 141 2009

An Act to amend the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

Note: This Act amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.  For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   1.  Section 76 of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended by adding the following subsections:

Reasonable inquiries

   (1.1)  An investigator may make reasonable inquiries of any person, including the member who is the subject of the investigation, on matters relevant to the investigation.

.     .     .     .     .

Member to co-operate

   (3.1)  A member shall co-operate fully with an investigator.

   2.  Subsection 95 (1) of Schedule 2 to the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(h.1) providing for the direct observation of a member in his or her practice, including the direct observation by inspectors of procedures, during the course of an inspection or examination provided for under clause (h);

Commencement

   3.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   4.  The short title of this Act is the Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader's aid to Bill 141 and does not form part of the law.  Bill 141 has been enacted as Chapter 6 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2009.

The Health Professions Procedural Code of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended,

  (a)   to permit investigators acting under section 76 of the Code to make reasonable inquiries of any person, including the member who is the subject of the investigation, and requiring a member of a health college to co-operate fully with an investigator;

  (b)   to permit health colleges to make regulations providing for the direct observation of members in their practices.

Bill 141 2009

An Act to amend the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

Note: This Act amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.  For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   0.1  Section 76 of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended by adding the following subsections:

Reasonable inquiries

   (1.1)  An investigator may make reasonable inquiries of any person, including the member who is the subject of the investigation, on matters relevant to the investigation.

.     .     .     .     .

Member to co-operate

   (3.1)  A member shall co-operate fully with an investigator.

   1.  Subsection 95 (1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(h.1) providing for the direct observation of a member in his or her practice, including the direct observation by inspectors of procedures, during the course of an inspection or examination provided for under clause (h);

Commencement

   2.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   3.  The short title of this Act is the Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2009.

This reprint of the Bill is marked to indicate the changes that were made in Committee.

The changes are indicated by underlines for new text and a strikethrough for deleted text.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Health Professions Procedural Code of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended to permit health colleges to make regulations providing for the direct observation of members in their practices.

The Health Professions Procedural Code of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended,

  (a)   to permit investigators acting under section 76 of the Code to make reasonable inquiries of any person, including the member who is the subject of the investigation, and requiring a member of a health college to co-operate fully with an investigator;

  (b)   to permit health colleges to make regulations providing for the direct observation of members in their practices.

Bill 141 2008

An Act to amend the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

Note: This Act amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.  For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   1.  Subsection 95 (1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended by adding the following clause:

(h.1) providing for the direct observation of a member in his or her practice, including the direct observation by inspectors of procedures, during the course of an inspection or examination provided for under clause (h);

Commencement

   2.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   3.  The short title of this Act is the Regulated Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Health Professions Procedural Code of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 is amended to permit health colleges to make regulations providing for the direct observation of members in their practices.