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However, the Canada Health Act excludes care provided in a "hospital or institution primarily for the mentally disordered." [68] Some institutional care is provided by provinces. The Canada Health Act does not cover treatment by a psychologist [69] or psychotherapist unless the practitioner is also a medical doctor.
A major roadblock to the implementation of compassionate release is its reliance on medical trials. Due to the fact that the criteria for medically based petitions for compassionate release are, by necessity, dependent on medicine and doctors, individual medical professionals have an inordinate amount of power in determining each compassionate ...
Medical staffs generally rely on generic screens for adverse events to identify cases for peer review, even though that might not be the most efficient or effective method. [6] These are generally applied through administrative data analysis, but referrals for peer review are frequently made by risk managers, nurses and medical staff.
In June 1929, a special Act of Parliament established the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to oversee postgraduate medical education in Canada. [18] [19] At first, the Royal College offered just two specialty qualifications: Fellowship in general medicine and Fellowship in general surgery. By 2014, the Royal College had ...
Chaoulli v Quebec (AG) [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791, 2005 SCC 35, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada of which the Court ruled that the Quebec Health Insurance Act and the Hospital Insurance Act prohibiting private medical insurance in the face of long wait times, up to 9 months, violated the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
When a justice or court makes an order for the release or detention of the accused, or varies such an order, either party can bring an application to a superior trial court judge to review the order, and if necessary vacate and replace it. Once a decision is made, both parties must wait 30 days before being allowed to make another application.
The Court may give short reasons explaining its decision at that time, or it may announce the outcome of the case, with reasons to follow. The more common practice is that once the hearing is complete, the judges convene immediately in their conference room behind the court room to discuss the case.
In Canada v Schmidt (1987), the Supreme Court found that government decisions to extradite people are bound by section 7. Moreover, it is possible that a potential punishment in the receiving country " shocks the conscience " to the extent that the Canadian government would breach fundamental justice if they extradited people there, and thus ...