MEDRADSC 1F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Canada Health Act, Mammography, Regulatory College
15 Sep 2018
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Canada health act: public, administration, public administration, health services in canada is funded and operated by the provinces, health care in canada is a provincial responsibility, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, accessibility. Rhpa: regulated health professions act, 1991, provides common framework of regulation for all regulated health professions in the province, sets common regulatory requirements: registration, complaints and discipline, quality assurance. Identifies individual profession acts for each regulated profession and regulatory college: 26 regulatory colleges, scope of practice/controlled acts model, scope/standards of practice, define entry to practice requirements, standards of practice, ongoing competence, controlled acts. Radiation technology: standards of knowledge and skill and programs to promote continuing competence among the registrants (qa program) Why do we need regulations: puts controls in place to ensure safe and effective delivery of health services through general standards of practice for the profession that create, competent practitioners, accountable practitioners, collaborative practitioners.
