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The CPSO recognises the Regulated Health Professions Act 1991 as its governing legislature. It reportedly does not recognise the Constitution of Canada, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as applying to the CPSO, nor does it recognise the rights granted to all Canadians by the Charter as being patient rights.
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}}</ref> The CPSO lists the laws which it recognises on its [https://www.cpso.on.ca/en/About/Legislation-By-Laws Legislation and By-laws] webpage. It does ''not'' list the [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/index.html Constitution Acts of Canada], including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on that webpage.
The CPSO recognises the Regulated Health Professions Act 1991 as its governing legislature. It reportedly does not recognise the Constitution of Canada, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as applying to the CPSO, nor does it recognise the rights granted to all Canadians by the Charter as being patient rights.
Ontario is the most populous province in Canada, with more than 14,000,000 inhabitants, so the CPSO regulates the health care of more than 38 percent of Canadians.<ref>{{REFweb
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==Circumcision policy==
The CPSO does not recognise the right to [[physical integrity]] provided by Section Seven of the Charter as a patient right, so it permits doctors to perform [[circumcision]] of boys without [[medical indication]].