Note: This article was originally published in our Autumn 2019 edition of our On Call newsletter, and has not been updated.
Guideline on Reporting Child Abuse
The purpose of this guideline is to assist midwives in identifying abuse and to provide considerations for managing the process of making reports to the Children’s Aid Society (“CAS”). If you’d like to read the guideline in full, please click here.
Guide on Mandatory and Permissive Reporting
The purpose of this guide is to outline circumstances where midwives (including practice partners and associates), employers of midwives and operators of facilities where midwives practise are required to file a mandatory report with the College, under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA)1 , the College’s Registration Regulation and College by-laws. To review this guide, please click here.
1S.O. 1991, c. 18.