Articles

This article provides a general overview of recent legislative changes affecting dental hygienists in Ontario. It focuses on their recently granted ability to practice independently from dentists, which has come to be known as "self-initiation".

The Naturopathy Act, 2007, is expected to come into force later in 2013. Naturopathic Doctors are concerned that the Act will overly restrict their practice; others feel the regulation itself signals an unwise approval of the profession.

The treatment of spouses by regulated health professionals has been the subject of much debate, with a trilogy of cases resulting in a strict prohibition with draconian consequences.

This article provides a brief overview of the OBA’s Health Law Executive’s annual end of year dinner program on health care and the economy.

This article summarizes the “Pot Pourri of Medico-Legal Cases” event put on by the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. A variety of topics relating to health law were discussed.

This article reviews Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act. This legislation affects all not-for-profit organizations, including those in Ontario’s health care sector.

Legal issues surrounding capacity to consent to treatment and substitute consent often arise in the course of treating adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

This article provides a summary of Khan v. The Scarborough Hospital and its application to hospital administration. In its decision, HPARB confirms the hospital’s authority to govern disruptive physician conduct.

The Ontario College of Psychologists recently decided that a psychologist conducting online podcasts was guilty of professional misconduct for providing generalized advice about disassociating with one’s family.

R. v. Kobzar is an important forensic mental health law decision, impacting individuals found Not Criminally Responsible of crimes which they committed. The Ontario Court of Appeal held that an accused’s absolute discharge should not automatically be suspended in the event of an appeal.