TY - JOUR T1 - Medicolegal file. Amendments to child protection legislation. New legal accountability for physicians. JF - Canadian Family Physician JO - Can Fam Physician SP - 2205 LP - 2206 VL - 46 IS - 11 AU - T Tremayne-Lloyd Y1 - 2000/11/01 UR - http://www.cfp.ca/content/46/11/2205.abstract N2 - In Ontario's past and present child protection legislation, physicians are included in the list of professionals designated to protect children and report their beliefs, suspicions, or knowledge of child abuse and neglect. Ontario's recent legislative amendments broaden the definition of child abuse and thereby widen the scope of the duty to report. ER -