Congratulations to the Ontario Homeopathic Association and its membership.   The regulation of the practise of homeopathic medicine by qualified Homeopathic Doctors was achieved.  through  Bill 171 - Schedule Q- Homeopathy Act, 2007, has since received Royal Assent and has been passed into Law in Ontario with effect from Monday the June 4, 2007, 

Please visit the Ontario Homeopathic Association (OHA) main website 
www.ontariohomeopath.com to learn about the journey to regulation and to find a qualified Homeopathic Doctor near you.

June 4, 2007-

Schedule Q
Homeopathy Act, 2007

The Schedule enacts a new health profession Act with respect to the regulation of homeopathy and makes complementary amendments to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.

The College is established as the College of Homeopaths of Ontario and the new profession the College will govern is homeopathy. The Health Professions Procedural Code, which is Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, is deemed to be part of the new Act.

The scope of practice of homeopathy is the assessment of body system disorders and treatment using homeopathic techniques to promote, maintain or restore health.

The College Council will be composed of at least six and no more than nine persons who are members of the College and elected in accordance with the by-laws, and at least five and no more than eight persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The Council shall have a President and a Vice-President, elected annually by Council from among Council members.

The Schedule restricts the use of the title “homeopath” to members of the College. No person other than a member may hold themselves out as qualified to practise as a homeopath or in a specialty of the profession. Anyone who contravenes these restrictions is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a maximum fine of $25,000 for a first offence and a maximum fine of $50,000 for a second or subsequent offence.

The Registrar must notify each member of the College if the Minister refers a suggested statutory or regulatory amendment under the new Act to the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council. The College Council, with Ministerial review and approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may make regulations:

(a) prescribing standards of practice respecting the circumstances in which homeopaths shall make referrals to members of other regulated health professions;

(b) prescribing therapies involving the practice of homeopathy, governing the use of the prescribed therapies and prohibiting the use of therapies other than the prescribed therapies in the course of the practice of homeopathy.

Transitional provisions in the Schedule provide for the appointment of a transitional Registrar and a transitional Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The transitional Council and Registrar may do anything that is necessary or advisable for the implementation of the Schedule and anything that it could do once the Act is in force, including accepting and processing applications for registration.

During the transition period, the Minister may review the transitional Council’s activities, require it to make, amend or revoke a regulation and do anything that is necessary or advisable to carry out the intent of the Schedule and the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.

After the transition period, the transitional Council shall be the College Council, if it is constituted in accordance with the Act or, if it is not, it shall be deemed to be the Council until a new Council is constituted under the Act.

The short title of the new health profession Act is the Homeopathy Act, 2007.

The Schedule contains complementary amendments. It amends the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA) to add the new health profession Act and the profession of homeopathy to Schedule 1 under the RHPA. It also amends the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 to provide that a member of the College is a health care practitioner.