jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
Interpretation 
 3. In this Part, “benefit” means any incentive or inducement of more than nominal value, whether direct or indirect, and includes a rebate, credit or gift; (“avantage”) “child” means a child within the meaning of the Family Law Act; (“enfant”) “non-arm’s length relationship” means a relationship between two parties such that one party has the ability to exercise, directly or indirectly, control or significant influence over the operating and financial decisions of the other party and includes a relationship between a member and a related person or a related corporation; (“lien de dépendance”) “parent” means a parent within the meaning of the Family Law Act; (“père ou mère”) “prescriber” means a person who is authorized under the laws of a province or territory of Canada to give a prescription within the scope of his or her practice of a health discipline; (“personne autorisée à prescrire des médicaments”) “related corporation” means a corporation wholly or substantially owned or controlled, whether directly or indirectly, by a member or a related person of the member; (“personne morale liée”) “related person” means any person who has one of the following relationships to the member or to the spouse of the member, whether based on blood, marriage, common-law or adoption: 1. A child or the spouse of a child. 2. A grandchild or the spouse of a grandchild. 3. A parent or the spouse of a parent. 4. A grandparent or the spouse of a grandparent. 5. A sibling or the spouse of a sibling; (“personne physique liée”) “spouse” means, (a) a spouse within the meaning of the Family Law Act, or (b) either of two persons who live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage. (“conjoint”)
Conflict of interest
  4. (1) A member shall not practise the profession while in a conflict of interest.  (2) A member shall not participate in an arrangement that constitutes a conflict of interest under this Part, even if the arrangement is initiated by a partner, associate, employer, patient or other person.
When conflict exists
 5. A member is in a conflict of interest if the member’s personal or financial interest, or the personal or financial interest of another person who is in a non-arm’s length relationship with the member conflicts, appears to conflict or potentially conflicts with the member’s professional or ethical duty to a patient or the exercise of the member’s professional judgment.
Examples of being in conflict
 6. Without limiting the generality of section 5, a member is in a conflict of interest when the member or another person who is in a non-arm’s length relationship with the member, directly or indirectly, (a) requests, accepts or receives a benefit by reason of the referral of a patient to any other person; (b) offers, makes or confers a benefit to a person by reason of the referral of a patient to the member or to a pharmacy in which the member is employed, with which the member is associated or in which the member has a financial interest; (c) offers, makes or confers a benefit to a patient in relation to the sale of a drug or the provision of professional pharmacy services other than, (i) an adjustment in the fee or amount that would otherwise be charged with regard to that patient for that drug or that professional pharmacy service, or (ii) the provision to a patient, at no charge, of an item of a nominal value, to be used in maintaining or promoting well-being or health; (d) enters into any agreement or arrangement that influences or encourages, or appears to influence or encourage, a prescriber to promote the services of the member or of any pharmacy in which the member is employed, with which the member is associated or in which the member has a financial interest; or (e) enters into any agreement or arrangement that adversely influences or appears to adversely influence the exercise of his or her professional expertise or judgment or his or her ability to engage in the practice of the profession in an ethical manner or in accordance with the standards of practice of the profession.
Examples of not being in conflict
 7. (1) A member is not in a conflict of interest in connection with the referral of a patient to a person who is in a non-arm’s length relationship with the member if no direct benefit is received by the member and, if, before making the referral, the member discloses to the patient the nature of the relationship between the member and the person in the non-arm’s length relationship.  (2) A member is not in a conflict of interest in connection with the referral of a patient to the member from a person who is in a non-arm’s length relationship with the member if no direct benefit is conferred by the member and, if, before the member provides any pharmacy services, the member discloses to the patient the nature of the relationship between the member and the person in the non-arm’s length relationship. (3) A member is not in a conflict of interest in connection with the paying of rent with respect to the lease of premises in which the member practices the profession if the rent charged reflects the normal rent payable for the same type of premises in the same geographical area. (4) A member is not in a conflict of interest in connection with the member or a related person or a related corporation having a financial interest in the manufacturer, vendor or supplier of a drug or substance if, (a) the fact of the financial interest is disclosed to the patient prior to the member providing pharmacy services in relation to the drug or substance; or (b) the manufacturer, vendor or supplier of the drug or substance is a corporation, the shares of which are publicly traded through a stock exchange, and neither the member, a related person or a related corporation, or any combination of them, wholly or substantially owns the corporation or has the ability to exercise, directly or indirectly, control or significant influence over its operating or financial decisions. Part III (OMITTED)
Examples of not being in conflict
 8. Omitted (revokes other Regulations).
Examples of not being in conflict
 9. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).
Examples of not being in conflict
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