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Advice to the Profession

Some Standards of Practice are more complex than others. To provide you with support and to help ensure our expectations are clear and reasonable, we've developed several Advice to the Profession documents as an additional resource for your practice.

About Advice to the Profession

Advice to the Profession documents are dynamic and may be edited or updated for clarity at any time. Please refer back to these articles regularly to ensure you are aware of the most recent advice. Major changes will be communicated to our members; however, minor edits may only be noted within the documents.

For more information or achived documents, contact our Standards of Practice Advisor

Advice to the Profession

All Resources

Advertising

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Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Guidelines

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Artificial Intelligence in Generated Patient Record Content

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Boundary Violations: Personal

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Boundary Violations: Sexual

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Cannabis for Medical Purposes

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Charging for Uninsured Professional Services

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Closing or Leaving a Medical Practice

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Conflict of Interest

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Continuity of Care

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Duty to Report a Colleague/Self

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Electronic Communications & Security of Mobile Devices

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Ending the Physician-Patient Relationship

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Episodic Care

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Establishing a Continuing Physician-Patient Relationship

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Female Genital Mutilation

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Informed Consent for Adults

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Informed Consent for Minors

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Insured Persons

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Job Action

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Lab Requisitions

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Legislated Reporting & Release of Medical Information

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Lost or Stolen Patient Records

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Medical Assistance in Dying

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Medical Examinations by Non-Treating Physicians (NTMEs)

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Medical Practice Observation Experience

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Physician Assistants

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Physicians as Custodians of Patient Records

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Practising Outside Established Conventional Medicine

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Prescribing: Administration

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Prescribing: Drugs Associated with Substance Use Disorder or Substance-Related Harm

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Professional Courtesy

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Professionalism in Public Forums

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Referral Consultation

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Relocating a Medical Practice

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Responsibility for a Medical Practice

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Restricted Activities

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Safe Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder

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Social Media

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Treating Self, Family or Others Close to You

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Virtual Care

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Working in Non-Physician Owned Clinics

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Questions about our Advice to the Profession?

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Advice to Albertans

We have similar resources for Albertans to ensure they understand their rights as patients and what they can expect when visiting their physician. Review our Advice to Albertans.

Standards of Practice

CPSA’s Standards of Practice are the minimum standards of behaviour and conduct we expect from all physicians in Alberta. See the standards.