Legislation

Governing Legislation

Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA), which came into force on December 31, 1993, and amended in June 2007, provides a common legislative framework under which all regulated health professions in Ontario must function. Currently 28 health professions are regulated under the RHPA.

The underlying objectives of the RHPA are:

To protect the public from harm and from unqualified, incompetent or unfit providers;
To promote safe, high quality care;
To make regulated health professions accountable to the public;
To provide patients/clients access to health-care professionals of their choice;
To achieve equality and consistency by requiring all regulated health professions adhere to the same purposes, procedures and public interest principles;
To treat individual patients/clients and health professionals in an equitable manner.

RHPA assigns duties and responsibilities to:

    The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care;
    The Colleges that regulate health professions;
    The Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council; and
    The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.

Please click here to view the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 on e-Laws.

Regulations under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

Homeopathy Act, 2007
Every regulated health profession in Ontario has, in addition to the RHPA, a profession-specific Act which establishes a regulatory college responsible for governing the profession to ensure the public is protected. The Homeopathy Act, 2007 establishes the College of Homeopathy of Ontario.

The Homeopathy Act, 2007 sets out:

The scope of practice of homeopathy is defined as "...the assessment of body system disorders and treatment using homeopathic techniques to promote, maintain or restore health";
Title protection, authorizing only members of the College of Homeopathy of Ontario the use of the title "homeopath", a variation or abbreviation or an equivalent in another language;
The composition of the College Council;

Homeopathy Act, 2007 .

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