Expertise and Experience
The Professional Liability Program (PLP) administers the malpractice policy for RCDSO members issued by Victor Canada
Our team
PLP’s highly-skilled team consists of administrative staff, paralegals, professional liability and legal advisors, a dentist and a department head. In addition, PLP retains lawyers with expertise in dental malpractice from a select group of Ontario law firms to assist members involved in court proceedings.
PLP Governance
The activities of PLP are subject to oversight by a standing committee of the RCDSO Council. The PLP Committee approves settlements and provides trial authority in appropriate cases, monitors and reports to Council on PLP’s overall performance and makes recommendations to RCDSO Council on policy and strategic issues affecting the program.
A glimpse into PLP
What our team does for you
Services offered by the Professional Liability Program include:
- Preparing documentation to assist dentists in refunding fees to patients.
- Providing advice to dentists on dealing with dissatisfied patients.
- Assisting dentists with responding to allegations of wrongdoing by patients or their representatives.
- Helping dentists avoid dental-legal difficulties through one-on-one discussions, presentations to dental students, dental societies and associations, writing Dispatch articles on important risk management topics and maintaining PLP website content current
- Providing general dental-legal advice to dentists.