Vaccines: physicians rights and responsibilities
Find information about vaccines and physician responsibilities
UPDATE: Ministry expands RSV vaccine eligibility
Ontario’s publicly funded RSV vaccination program is being expanded to cover additional high-risk groups. Groups now eligible for the vaccine include people who are 60 years of age and older AND who are:
- Living in long-term care homes
- Living in elder care lodges
- Residents of retirement homes licensed to provide dementia care
- Patients in hospital receiving alternate levels of care
- Patients receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
- Recipients of solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplants
- Individuals experiencing homelessness
- Individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis
Vaccines will be administered through long-term care homes, elder care lodges, retirement homes, hospitals, public health units and Indigenous care organizations.
Physician rights and responsibilities
This summary was developed in consultation with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). These considerations apply to all patients and their legal guardians.
Responsibilities to patients who are vaccine-hesitant or refuse to vaccinate
These considerations apply when patients or their legal guardians are unsure about vaccines or refuse to vaccinate altogether.