The College’s Registration Regulation requires members to maintain ongoing competence in three areas: Neonatal Resuscitation, Obstetrical Emergency Skills and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Previously, the requirements for these were outlined in three separate policies, and now have been merged into one revised policy in order to make the information more accessible.
On March 3, 2016, after careful consideration of member and stakeholder feedback,
Council approved the proposed by-law amendments.
The Member Communiqué is the College’s digital newsletter offering quick and easy-to-read information about midwifery standards and regulation in Ontario, including updates to practice standards, changes to regulation and legislation, and other news affecting midwifery practice.
In 2016, the College adopted a new transparency initiative, increasing the information available on our public register. The College is…
The 1000th midwife was registered with the College of Midwives of Ontario in 2014. Read more of our milestones from…
The Member Communiqué is the College’s digital newsletter offering quick and easy-to-read information about midwifery standards and regulation in Ontario,…
The Health Professions Procedural Code (“the Code”) of the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) requires all Colleges to have a program in place to prevent and deal with the sexual abuse of clients. While the CMO has had a sexual abuse prevention program in place since 1994, the program was due for extensive review and revision.
The CMO’s Consultation and Transfer of Care Standard (CTCS) has been revised to clarify the management and treatment of newborn hyperbilirubinemia. College Council passed the motion to change the CTCS consultation from hyperbilirubinemia requiring medical treatment to hyperbilirubinemia unresponsive to phototherapy.
The College of Midwives regularly receives recommendations from the Office of the Chief Coroner’s (OCC) Maternal and Perinatal Death Review Committee (MPDRC).
The Member Communiqué is the College’s digital newsletter offering quick and easy-to-read information about midwifery standards and regulation in Ontario,…