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The CDHO regulates the
dental hygiene profession by setting the requirements to be registered as
a dental hygienist and establishing practice standards for safe, ethical
care for all Ontarians through: rigorous certification; ongoing knowledge
building; quality assurance activities; articulating and promoting
practice standards; establishing requirements for entry-to-practice; and
enforcing practice standards and professional
conduct.
What is
Self-Regulation?
Dental Hygiene in
Ontario has been a self-regulating profession since December 31, 1993.
“Self-regulated” means that the dental hygiene profession governs itself
through the CDHO.
College
Council and Committees
This link
will take you to upcoming Council meeting dates.( link on our main site )
The College’s governing Council includes dental hygienists who
have been elected by their peers, and public members who the provincial
government has appointed. The Council function, based upon the
legislation, is to make decisions in the public interest. The Council also
makes policy decisions to regulate the profession.
Seven statutory committees support the regulatory
process, and are made up of dental hygienists, non-Council dental
hygienists, dental hygiene educators and public members: Executive;
Registration; Inquiries, Complaints and Reports; Quality Assurance;
Discipline; Patient Relations; and Fitness to Practice. (Our Annual
Reports can be viewed here on our main site.)
How to Make a Complaint
If you have any questions or concern about the dental
hygiene care you have received, please call 1-800-268-2346 ext 228
(toll-free in Ontario) or 416-961-6234 or email deputyregistrar@cdho.org
Investigations and
Hearings
The CDHO will investigate
all written and recorded complaints about a dental hygienist from members
of the public, employers and fellow dental hygienists.
Complaints Process - link to our main
site
Discipline hearings -
link to our main
site
Find a Dental Hygienist:
Inactive, suspended - link to our main
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