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==Circumcision policy==
==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]].
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 non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys without [[medical indication]]. This non-compliance with the Constitution of Canada was approved by the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onhparb/doc/2022/2022canlii73178/2022canlii73178.html
|title=Little v Glowacki, 2022 CanLII 73178 (ON HPARB)
|date=2022-08-15
|accessdate=2022-09-04
}}</ref>
===Deaths===
===Deaths===
The permissive policy of the CPSO has resulted in deaths of infant boys in Ontario from non-indicated [[circumcision]].<ref name="cairns2007">{{REFjournal
The permissive policy of the CPSO has resulted in [[Death| deaths]] of infant boys in Ontario from non-indicated [[circumcision]].<ref name="cairns2007">{{REFjournal
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===Complications===
===Complications===
A recent survey of [[Complication| complications]] of non-therapeutic, non-indicated circumcision carried out at the [https://www.sickkids.ca/ Hospital for Sick Children] in Toronto, Ontario reported:  
A recent survey of [[Complication| complications]] of non-therapeutic, non-indicated circumcision carried out at the [https://www.sickkids.ca/ Hospital for Sick Children] in Toronto, Ontario reported:  
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==Right of appeal==
==Right of appeal==
Actions of the CPSO are subject to review on appeal by the [http://www.hparb.on.ca/scripts/english/#gsc.tab=0 Health Professions Appeal and Review Board].
Actions of the CPSO are subject to review on appeal by the [http://www.hparb.on.ca/scripts/english/#gsc.tab=0 Health Professions Appeal and Review Board].
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Canada]]


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* {{URLwebsite|https://www.cpso.on.ca/|2022-08-24}}
* {{URLwebsite|https://www.cpso.on.ca/|2025-07-19}}


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