The College has just received a memo from the Ministry of Health providing information on new directives in effect in…
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“How well are Ontario’s regulatory health colleges protecting the public interest?” the Ministry of Health is asking health profession regulators to answer this question with the newly developed College Performance Measurement Framework (CPMF).
We are pleased to share our 2017-2018 College of Midwives of Ontario Annual Report with you. You can click here to review the report.
The Ministry reviewed our initial submission, requested some more information, and asked that we survey the membership. We have now responded to the Ministry’s requests. You can read our response to the Ministry’s questions here.
Bill 87, the Protecting Patients Act, 2017 was passed in May 2017 and finished coming into force in May 2018.…
The College is requesting a change to the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act, 2015, that would grant midwives the authority to order laboratory tests within their scope of practice as defined by the Midwifery Act, 1991.
Midwives are now authorized to both order and apply soundwaves for pregnancy diagnostic ultrasound or pelvic diagnostic ultrasound to their…
The College of Midwives of Ontario has made a submission to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to request…
The College has worked closely with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to make amendments to the Controlled Acts…
Midwives have the authority to order pregnancy diagnostic ultrasounds and pelvic diagnostic ultrasounds under the Controlled Acts Regulation of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. However, the Schedule of Facility Fees for Independent Health Facilities (IHF Schedule) states “Ultrasound for normal, complicated or high risk pregnancy (but not for the postpartum period) rendered in an Independent Health Facility is insured when referred by a midwife who is a member of the College of Midwives of Ontario.”