1 May 2011

OMA election Medical assembly rep on Structure & Bylaws committee

Richmond Hill U.Tor, Paediatric Lecturer Hirotaka YAMASHIRO MD (Tor.93) FRCPC FAAP got 97 votes over UCC educated, U.Tor Professor of Psychiatry Blake WOODSIDE MD (UWO 82) MSc FRCPC 84 votes.

Council has approx 260 paid delegates. Many were absent at today's Sunday morning session.

OMA: 1600 members do not have a CPSO licence,( $1485/year)

1600 elderly OMA members do not have a CPSO licence. FIVE are elected COUNCIL members (including a past Chair of the CPSO Medical Review Committee).

The OMA Board passed a bye-law requiring ALL members elected to any OMA office to have an active CPSO licence. This was rejected by COUNCIL today by 90 votes to 70.

CPSO has no reduced fee for retired doctors.

CPSO: MD not allowed to order tests for family.

New CPSO policy disapproves of a doctor ordering tests for family members.