Privacy policy

Purpose
This website’s main purpose is to promote the benefits of regulation by Ontario’s 26 health regulators, highlight how we protect patients, and to connect Ontarians with the regulatory health colleges and the healthcare professionals they regulate.

On the Internet
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. This website uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of the site, and their website access preferences including their preferred language. This website’s visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using this website. However, certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Limitation of liabilities
This information is provided as a public service by Ontario’s Health Regulators via the Health Profession Regulators of Ontario (HPRO). This website and all of the information it contains are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. Under no circumstances is HPRO liable to any person or business entity for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or other damages based on any use of this website or any other website to which this site is linked.

About accuracy of information
Ontario’s health regulators have made every effort to include accurate information in this website. HPRO is not responsible or liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to the information, or inability to access the information contained in this site.

Copyright limitations
This website is for public use. However, you may only use this content for your personal use and for non-commercial purposes. No modification of any of the content is permitted.

Linking to other websites
This website provides access to the websites of all 26 regulatory colleges of Ontario. Each college has its own online privacy policy. If you access other sites through links on Ontariohealthregulators.ca web pages, please be aware that the privacy policy of Ontariohealthregulator.ca website does not apply to other sites. Please review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Ontariohealthregulators.ca so you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. HPRO is not responsible for the privacy statements or any content on websites outside of Ontariohealthregulators.ca.

Privacy Officer
The Ontariohealthregulators.ca website developed on behalf of HPRO has a privacy officer who may be contacted for any concerns, clarifications or possible abuse of the privacy policy. Please direct your communications to:

Chief Privacy Officer at Health Profession Regulators of Ontario
Suite 301 – 396 Osborne St, PO Box 244
Beaverton ON  L0K 1A0
Local: (416) 986-0576
E-mail: info@regulatedhealthprofessons.on.ca

Purpose
This website’s main purpose is to promote the benefits of regulation by Ontario’s 26 health regulators, highlight the mechanisms that exist to protect patients, and to connect Ontarians with the regulatory health Colleges and the healthcare professionals they regulate.

On The Internet
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. This website uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of the site, and their website access preferences including their preferred language. This website’s visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using this website, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Limitation of Liabilities
This information is provided as a public service by Ontario’s Health Regulators via the Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario (FHRCO). This website and all of the information it contains are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. Under no circumstances will the Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario be liable to any person or business entity for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other damages based on any use of this website or any other website to which this site is linked.

About accuracy of information
We have made every effort to include accurate information in this website. FHRCO will not be responsible or liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to the information, or inability to access the information contained in this Internet site.

Copyright limitations
This website is for public use. However, you may only use this content for your personal use and for non-commercial purposes. No modification of any of the content is permitted.

Linking To Other Websites
This website provides access to the websites of all 26 regulatory colleges of Ontario. Each College has its own online privacy policy. If you access other sites through links on the Ontariohealthregulators.ca web pages, please be aware that the privacy policy of the Ontariohealthregulator.ca website does not apply to other sites. Please review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Ontariohealthregulators.ca so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. FHRCO is not responsible for the privacy statements or any content on websites outside of the Ontariohealthregulators.ca website.

Privacy Officer
The Ontariohealthregulators.ca website developed on behalf of the Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario has a privacy officer who may be contacted for any concerns, clarifications or possible abuse of the privacy policy. Please direct your communications to:

Chief Privacy Officer
Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario
Suite 301 – 396 Osborne St, PO Box 244
Beaverton ON  L0K 1A0
Local: (416) 493-4076
Fax: (866) 814-6456
E-mail: info@regulatedhealthprofessons.on.ca

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