Practice or peer assessment: process and results
6. (1) Every member who is required to undergo a peer assessment or practice assessment under section 5 shall cooperate with the Committee and with every assessor who the Committee assigns to participate in the assessment and shall, in the form and manner and within the time frame specified by the Committee or the assessor, (a) answer any inquiries or questions raised by the Committee or the assessor that are relevant to the assessment; (b) provide any information relevant to the results of the Practice Enhancement Tool requested by the Committee or the assessor; and (c) provide a copy of the member’s Continuing Education Portfolio to the Committee or the assessor on request. O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (1). (2) An assessor who assesses a member shall make a report in writing to the Committee. O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (2). (3) The assessor’s report to the Committee shall include, (a) findings made by the assessor; (b) expert opinions, if any; (c) reasons; (d) recommendations for completion of specified continuing education activities or remedial measures, if any; (e) a log and summary of discussions with the member, if any; and (f) any other information the assessor considers relevant. O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (3). (4) The Committee shall provide the member with a copy of the assessor’s report along with any quality assurance information submitted to it respecting the member that is relevant to the assessment, along with notice of the member’s right to submit a written response to the Committee within 30 days after receiving the notice. O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (4). (5) A member may make submissions to the Committee, in writing, in response to the assessor’s report within 30 days after receiving the notice given under subsection (4). O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (5). (6) After considering the assessor’s report and any submissions made by the member, the Committee may take no further action or it may do any one or more of the following: (a) determine that the member’s practice, knowledge, skill and judgment are unsatisfactory and require the member to undergo specified continuing education activities or remedial measures within a reasonable period of time; (b) direct the member to complete records in the Continuing Education Portfolio; (c) disclose the name of the member and any allegations against the member to the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee if the Committee is of the opinion that the member may have committed an act of professional misconduct or may be incompetent or incapacitated. O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (6). (7) The Committee may disclose the name of the member and any allegations against the member to the Inquiry, Complaints and Reports Committee if the Committee is of the opinion that the member may have committed an act of professional misconduct, or may be incompetent or incapacitated, and if the member, in the opinion of the Committee, (a) does not cooperate with the assessor or the Committee; (b) does not undertake or successfully complete the specified continuing education activities or remedial measures required under clause (6) (a) within a reasonable period of time; or (c) knowingly provides false information to the assessor or the Committee. O. Reg. 27/10, s. 6 (7).