Policies & Guidelines
The College is directed by the Regulated Health Professions Act to establish and promote professional standards of practice.
The College regulates registrant performance, which includes both clinical duties and those administrative or executive duties over which the registrant can reasonably be expected to control or influence.
Registrants are expected to adhere to the CMA’s Code of Ethics and Professionalism and the recommendations of Choosing Wisely Canada, both of which have been endorsed by the College.
Adherence to the College’s policies and guidelines is the first lens through which a registrant’s conduct is viewed by the College. As such, registrants are expected to stay current with these documents.
- Policies: reflect the minimum professional and ethical behaviour, conduct or practice expected by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of PEI. Registrants licensed with the College are required to be familiar with and comply with the College policies.
- Guidelines contain recommendations endorsed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of PEI. The College encourages its members to be familiar with and to follow its guidelines whenever possible and appropriate.
Legislation
| Date | Title |
| May 29, 2026 | Regulated Health Professions Act |
| August 10, 2024 | Medical Practitioners Regulations, (RHPA) |
| August 10, 2024 | Physician Assistants Regulations, (RHPA) |
| October 10, 2023 | Bylaws, (RHPA) |
| October 1, 2024 | Podiatrist Regulations, (RHPA) |
Policies
Guidelines
| Date | Title |
| June 2017 | Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain |
| September 2015 | Long-Term Opioid Therapy: Physician-Patient Agreement – FORM for Patient File |
| November 2016 | Marijuana: Physician-Patient Contract – FORM for Patient File |
| June 2018 | Methadone Prescribing |
| November 2019 | Walk-In Clinics |
| November 2019 | Surgical Assists |
| August 2020 | Private Surgical Clinics/Medical Surgical Procedures in a Non Hospital Facility |