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The physician's highest and only calling is to make the sick healthy, to cure, as it is called.
-- Samuel Hahnemann

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About the OHA

The Ontario Homeopathic Association (OHA) was founded in 1992 to re-establish Homeopathy as a recognized health care system in Ontario, and to form a united and regulated body of qualified practitioners who provide safe, effective and professional homeopathic health care to the public.

The OHA provides referrals to Homeopathic Doctors and Homeopathic Practitioners in Ontario, and is dedicated to providing to the general public and other health care practitioners, current and relevant information and discussions regarding the benefits of homeopathic medicine.

Homeopathic Regulation in Ontario

There has been much confusion as to which level of government is responsible for professional regulation; it is a matter of provincial jurisdiction, not federal. The OHA has applied for regulatory licensing to the Ontario Ministry of Health, emphasizing high standards of practice and education by which its members will be governed. These standards will help to ensure that the public of Ontario receives the highest level of homeopathic care available.

In 1859, Homeopathy was the first system of medicine to be regulated in Ontario, and remained regulated until 1970. The Ontario Homeopathic Association is asking the Ontario government to re-regulate the profession for the safety of the public.

The OHA stresses six criteria for the profession: education, clinical internship, scope of practice, and ethical, professional and moral conduct. Standards of practice must be established in order to communicate at the same professional level as other regulated healthcare professions. Without standards, there is a great risk to the public who may take homeopathic healthcare advice from inadequately trained practitioners. All Homeopathic Doctors registered with the OHA have had years of training in medical sciences and Homeopathy as well as at least 1,100 hours of clinical internship.

The public can confidently seek safe and effective homeopathic healthcare from Homeopathic Doctors and Homeopathic Practitioners registered with the Ontario Homeopathic Association.