QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Quality Assurance Committee is currently composed of five members of the Council, two of whom have been appointed to the Council by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and generally two members of the profession who are not members of the Council of the College. One non-Council member position was only recently vacated, which will be addressed with the 2013/2014 appointment commencing in June 2013.


Keith Collins, DD Council Member CHAIR	Gus Koroneos, DD Council Member	Cristian Lagos, DD Non-Council Member

Barry Solway Public Member	Robert Velensky, DD Council Member	Hanno Weinberger Public Member

MISSION OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMITTEE

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

RHPA STATUTORY COMMITTEE

The Quality Assurance Committee is a statutory committee under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

QUALITY ASSURANCE COMPONENTS

The Quality Assurance Committee oversees the Quality Assurance Program consisting of the following components:

Self-evaluation
Standards and Practices
Practice Assessment and Enhancement
Remediation of Behaviour and remarks of a Sexual Nature

QUALITY ASSURANCE EXPECTATIONS

As required by the Denturism Act, 1991- General Part III Quality Assurance Regulations - General O. Reg. 206/94 amended to O. Reg. 188/89 every member of the College of Denturists of Ontario shall comply with the requirements of the Quality Assurance Program. Failure to comply is professional misconduct.

Each year the College selects at random the names of members required to undergo a practice assessment. Once a member has been selected for and completed a practice assessment his/her name is removed from the selection process for five years immediately following the year of selection.

Selection of names is conducted on the basis of 5% of the professional population of each of the eight electoral districts of the College of Ontario.