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Jun 15, 2005 · Our department carefully observes the five principles of the Canada Health Act which are the cornerstone of the Canadian health care system. In this section, you will find information about new, reviewed and recently changed legislation and guidelines that are relevant to Health Canada's programs and responsibilities.
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As a department, Health Canada is responsible for: 1. implementing government-wide regulatory initiatives 2. helping people in Canada maintain and improve their health 3. administering acts and regulations that have a direct impact on the health and safety of people in Canada We consult with the public, industry, non-governmental organizations and ...
We're committed to the principles of: 1. transparency 2. reasonableness 3. clarity and accessibility of content 4. consistency in the decision-making process We're also committed to aligning these principles when using incorporation by reference in regulations. 1. Health Canada incorporation by reference policy 2. Inventory of documents incorporate...
Health Canada publishes the Forward Regulatory Plan, which is a public list of planned or anticipated federal regulatory changes that we intend to make over a 24-month period. Forward Regulatory Plan We also publish the Stock Review Plan, which is the department's plan to review its entire regulatory stock over a set period of time. The plan includ...
We publish timeliness service standards and performance information for our services. This includes services for regulated parties to obtain regulatory authorization, such as a permit or licence to engage in a regulated activity. 1. Service standards and performance information: 2022 to 2023 2. Service standards and performance information: 2021 to...
Our Policy on Providing Guidance on Regulatory Requirementsoutlines the commitments, practices and tools that we apply when providing people and businesses with information and guidance on regulatory obligations. It also identifies the conditions under which we provide written responses to queries about these requirements. Policy on Providing Guida...
The Administrative Burden Baseline initiative requires departments and agencies to annually update and report publicly on the count of baseline requirements. It also requires them to establish a baseline count of federal regulatory requirements that impose administrative burden on business. 1. Administrative Burden Baseline: Update 2024 2. Administ...
May 26, 2016 · Agreements that Health Canada shares responsibility for with other departments, governments and stakeholders. Community of Federal Regulators How federal departments and agencies work together to make regulations for the benefit of Canadians.
The sweep of health law is surprisingly wide in Canadian healthcare and affects care delivery at almost all points of contact between patients and families and the health system. For that reason, aspects of health law are relevant to: patients and; families; and also to the range of professionals including: physicians, nurses,
Aug 15, 2024 · Health systems governance refers to the processes, structures and institutions that are in place to oversee and manage a country's healthcare system. It manages the relationships between different actors and stakeholders involved in healthcare, including government agencies, healthcare providers, patients and their families, people and communities, civil society organizations and private ...
Dec 13, 2022 · Healthcare is a service offered to persons who are simultaneously patients in a traditional sense and customers in a modern sense. This topic focuses on delivering health services and products in both senses. Therefore, when referring to patients who are also always simultaneously customers, the topic primarily refers to them as "patient-customers." Healthcare providers (HCPs) should retain ...
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Jan 28, 2021 · Background Fundamentally, the goal of health professional regulatory regimes is to ensure the highest quality of care to the public. Part of that task is to control what health professionals do, or their scope of practice. Ideally, this involves the application of evidence-based professional standards of practice to the tasks for which health professional have received training. There are ...
