College of Midwives of Ontario
RSVP today for our upcoming live webinars where will be be presenting the College’s Safe Prescribing and Administration of Controlled Drugs and Substances course and answering questions on the changes to the Designated Drugs and Substances Regulation.
The College of Midwives of Ontario will be holding Council elections from June 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024, to fill two vacancies for professional member positions.
Each term consists of a duration of three years. The next term will begin October 2, 2024.
All practising midwives renewing their registration with the College in 2024 are expected to have completed full training in neonatal resuscitation (NRP), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and emergency skills (ES).
Read this edition for information on upcoming changes to the Designated Drugs Regulation, guidance on the Professional Development Program, information about class changes, highlights from the October and December Council Meetings, and more!
Council meetings are always open to the public. We post the Council package publicly in advance of each meeting.
Our quarterly Council Meetings are open to the public and we post our meeting materials online.
The Drug Regulation will be expanded in 2024 to improve client care through more direct access to necessary drugs and substances.
The College continues to work towards expanded lists of the laboratory tests midwives can order and perform.
We’ve put together a brief timeline starting in 2016 of the changes to the Designated Drugs Regulation and Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act, 1990.
Proposed changes to the Registration and Regulation and information about the Emergency Class provisions.