Central Standards Committee
Pursuant to Section 38(1) of The Medical Act, Council is
required to establish a Standards Committee to be responsible for
the supervision of practice of medicine by members of the
College. The statutory powers of the Standards
Committee include the power to inspect the books, records and other
documents of a member or medical corporation that relate to that
member or medical corporation's practice of medicine and the power
to review the professional competence of any member either on its
own initiative or on direction from
Council. In the course of conducting such a review, the
Standards Committee may, with the authorization of the College,
retain the services of experts. Upon the advice of the
Standards Committee, Council may recommend that a member of the
College serve a period of refresher training.
By-Law No.
6 governs the Central Standards Committee and its
Subcommittees.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Purpose/Product
The Standards Committee is responsible to:
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supervise the quality of the practice of medicine by physicians
in Manitoba
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supervise a surgical and medical review subcommittee of
Standards Committee
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Administer
Bylaw
3D of the College
Authority
The Standards Committee has the authority to:
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establish and administer programs, panels, and committees to
oversee the practice of quality medicine.
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annually ratify members of all subcommittees, programs and
panels under the auspices of the Standards Committee, including any
changes to membership between the annual submissions.
Evidence Act Protection
The CPSM
Standards Committee operates within
s. 38
of The Medical Act and
Bylaw 6
of the College. Pursuant to
Regulation
461/88, the Standards Committee is specifically identified as
an approved Committee for the purposes of
s. 9 of
The Evidence Act.
Appeal
Rights
Pursuant to
Article 9.7(b)
of By-Law No. 1, decisions of Standards Committees are for the
purpose of education, and are not subject to a right of appeal.
Pursuant to
By-Law 3D,
Article
12, a right of appeal from decisions made under the authority
of that By-Law may be made to the Executive Committee.
Committee Composition:
Standards Committee shall consist of:
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the ex-officio members (the President, the President Elect and,
as a non-voting member, the Registrar)
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at least 5 persons registered on either the Manitoba Medical
Register or the Clinical Assistant Register, Part 1
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representatives of other health care disciplines as Council may
authorize annually,
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public representatives as Council may authorize annually,
and
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a designate of the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical
Education of the Faculty.
