Policies and Guidelines

Policies

Policies aim to help members understand their professional responsibilities, clarify and interpret regulations, and state CCO's position on a variety of topics.

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Advertising Committee

• P-004: Advertising Committee Protocol
• P-016: Public Display Protocol

Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee

• P-015: Consideration of Prior Decisions Involving a Member

Discipline Committee

• P-020: Adjournment of Discipline Hearings
• P-031: Compliance with Time Limitations and Orders Imposed by Discipline Panel
• P-045: Core Discipline Committee

Executive Committee

• P-009: Dr. Harold Beasley Memorial Award
• P-010: Professional Misconduct Relating to Orthopractic
• P-011: Conflict of Interest for Council and Committee Members
• P-017: Concurrent Treatment: Physiotherapy
• P-029: Chiropractic Specialties
• P-036: Billing Practices
• P-045: CCO's Legislation & Ethics Examination

Fitness to Practise Committee

• P-035: Publication of Fitness to Practise Decisions

Patient Relations Committee

• P-003: Principle of Zero Tolerance
• P-018.5: Funding for Therapy and Counselling for Patients Sexually Abused by Members

Quality Assurance Committee

• P-023: Participation in X-ray Peer Review Program
• P-051: Procedures for Appointing, Re-Appointing, Discharging and Thanking Peer Assessors

Registration Committee

• P-050: Supervision and Direction of Chiropractors in Training

Guidelines

Guidelines provide advice, recommendations and guidance to members. Guidelines are easy to implement and to quicker to change because they only require approval by Council.

• C-001: Code of Ethics
• G-001: Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Patients
• G-002: Health Care Consent Act
• G-004: Documentation of a Chiropractic Visit
• G-005: Guidelines for the Member and Staff of a Chiropractic Office 
• G-007: Unit Billing
• G-008: Business Practices
• G-016: Advertising
• G-017: Ownership, Storage, Security and Destruction of Patient Health Records