Out-of-hospital premises inspection program (OHPIP)

OHPIP is how the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) inspects clinics outside hospitals that carry out certain procedures under anaesthesia or sedation. A buyer of such a clinic meets it as an inspection history and a set of standards the premises must meet. The medspa and aesthetics clinic answer covers wider checks.

What CPSO says

CPSO’s overview says the Regulation sets out which procedures are captured by the program, along with the college’s powers and responsibilities for inspecting premises. Any procedure performed under general or regional anaesthesia or parenteral sedation is captured and is subject to the OHP Standards, including approval of and inspection by CPSO. The Premises Inspection Committee determines the inspection outcome: Pass, Pass with Conditions or Fail.

What to check or ask

• Whether the premises is an out-of-hospital premises and what its latest outcome was.
• Who the medical director is. CPSO says the medical director is responsible for compliance with the OHP Standards, and that failing to provide information may result in a Fail outcome and removal of the medical director.
• Whether the procedures actually performed match what was inspected.
• What CPSO needs if the premises moves or changes hands. See independent health facility licence.