Activities of the College

CDO Statutory Committees
CDO Non-Statutory Committees
How to Reach Us

CDO Statutory Committees

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is composed of five members of Council, two of whom have been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

The President and Vice-President of the Council are members of the Executive Committee, with the President serving as Chair.

The main function of the Executive Committee is to act on matters that arise between Council meetings, which require immediate attention.

The Executive Committee may also deal with matters referred to it by the Registrar.

Complaints Committee

The Complaints Committee is composed of four members of the Council, two of whom have been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and a member of the profession who is not a member of the Council of the College.

Per section 26 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA) subsection (2), a panel, after investigating a complaint regarding the conduct or actions of a member, considering the submissions of the member and considering or making reasonable efforts to consider all records and documents it considers relevant to the complaint, may do any one or more of the following:

1. Refer a specified allegation of the member's professional misconduct or incompetence to the Discipline Committee if the allegation is related to the complaint.
2. Refer the member to the Executive Committee for incapacity proceedings.
3. Require the member to appear before the panel or another panel of the Complaints Committee to be cautioned.
4. Take action it considers appropriate that is not inconsistent with the RHPA, the Health Professions Procedural Code, the regulations or by-laws.

Registration Committee

The Registration Committee is composed of three members of the Council, one of whom has been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and a member of the profession who is not a member of the Council of the College.

The Registration Committee is responsible for dealing with applications for a Certificate of Registration that have been referred to it by the Registrar. The Registrar must refer an application to the Committee when:
1. Doubt of the applicants' capacity, experience or educational qualifications exists;
2. The Registrar is of the opinion that terms, conditions or limitations should be imposed on a Certificate of Registration.

Discipline Committee

The Discipline Committee is composed of four members of the Council, two of whom have been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and two members of the profession who are not members of the Council of the College.

The Discipline Committee is responsible, under the Regulated Health Professions Act, to render judgment of allegations against members of the College of Denturists of Ontario related to professional misconduct or competence. Cases may be referred from either the Complaints Committee or the Executive Committee of the College of Denturists of Ontario.

Fitness to Practise

The Fitness to Practise Committee is composed of three members of the Council, one of whom has been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and a member of the profession who is not a member of the Council of the College.

The mandate of the Fitness to Practice Committee is to consider and render decisions on allegations of mental or physical incapacity and applications for restoration of Certificates that have been revoked or suspended for reasons of incapacity.

Patient Relations

The Patient Relations Committee is composed of four members of the Council, two of whom have been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and a member of the profession who is not a member of the Council of the College.

The role of the Patient Relations Committee is to establish protocols for dealing with incidents of sexual abuse of patients by members of the College of Denturists of Ontario, for developing strategies to prevent the sexual abuse of patients by members of the College of Denturists of Ontario and to coordinate all the College's communications and community outreach activities, especially as regards patient education.

Quality Assurance

The Quality Assurance Committee is composed of three members of the Council, one of whom has been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and two members of the profession who is not a member of the Council of the College.

The Quality Assurance Committee is responsible for ensuring that there is a mechanism in place to monitor and maintain the competency of all practicing denturists and to develop standards and guidelines for the provision of denture services in Ontario.

CDO Non-Statutory Committees

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee, chaired by the Treasurer of the College of Denturists of Ontario, is responsible for developing budgets for the operations of the College and for overseeing all aspects of fiduciary responsibility of the organization. The Committee reports to the Council under the auspices and authority of the Executive Committee.

Qualifying Examination and Curriculum Committee

This Committee is responsible for conducting the Entry-to-Practice Examinations of the College and for liaising with the denturism training programs to develop and review the core curriculum as needed. The Committee reports to the Council under the auspices and authority of the Executive and Registration Committees.

Regulations and By-Laws

Responsible for advising the Council on new pieces of legislation which may impact the profession and regulation of Denturism in Ontario, this Committee is also responsible for regularly reviewing the regulations and by-laws of the profession and ensures that the members of the Council of the College abide by the governance policy developed and adopted by the CDO. The Committee reports to the Council under the auspices and authority of the Executive Committee.

How to Reach Us

Please direct all correspondence and enquiries to the attention of the Registrar at:

Registrar
College of Denturists of Ontario
903-180 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2V6

Telephone: (416) 925 -6331 or toll free at 1-888-236-4326

Facsimile: (416) 925-6332

E-Mail: info@denturists-cdo.com