Starting on January 1, 2019, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada will begin enforcing Guidelines for obtaining meaningful consent (click here to read the guidelines yourself), which…
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For some dentists in Ontario (perhaps pediatric dentists), a police record check may be a valid and necessary part of the recruitment process. If this…
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There's no denying that Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) will continue to "affiliate" with dental practices in Canada much faster than ever before. David Mayzel and…
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As you probably know, Canada’s anti-spam legislation came into effect on July 1, 2014. Since then, businesses in Canada have a duty to understand and…
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What happens if you're buying / selling a practice or doing a corporate re-organization and you need to transfer an associate / staff agreement over…
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This is an interesting question: can a non-dentist own and possess (have custody and control over) a dental record? I've previously written about this issue…
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The Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 ("PHIPA") imposes obligations on dentists with respect to collecting, using and disclosing "personal health information". By way of…
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I am going to be writing a series of blog posts all about – you guessed it – dental records. What are they? Who owns…
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I've previously written about dental records here. But every now and then it's worthwhile to re-visit a topic to reiterate important legal principles. So here…
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