Your Active (Practising) membership includes CDHA Protect; individual professional liability
insurance
(PLI) provided
through our broker, BMS Canada Risk Services Ltd. (BMS). PLI protects you against
liability or
allegations of liability
for injury or damages that have resulted from a negligent act, error, omission or
malpractice that has
arisen out of
your professional capacity as a dental hygienist, or if a complaint is made against you
to your
provincial regulator.
Dental hygienists working in private practice—for instance as an independent contractor, sole
proprietor,
temporary
worker or business owner—have additional exposures. Please connect with broker at BMS to
discuss your
practice
circumstances and to access additional insurance products.
For more information about your insurance broker, BMS, and Insurance Regulatory Principles of
Conduct,
please click
here.