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.
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To ensure we are fulfilling our mandate of protecting the public, all legislation and regulations that define and inform the practice and regulation of midwifery are under review.
We are pleased to share our July 2018 edition of our On Call Newsletter. This edition covers Council decisions around the Fee & Remuneration By-law and General By-law, shares information about open public consultations, changes to the College’s Sexual Abuse Prevention Policy, impacts of Bill 87, and responds to questions about the revised Second Birth Attendant Standard.
Bill 87, the Protecting Patients Act, 2017 was passed in May 2017 and finished coming into force in May 2018.…
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…
Effective January 1st, 2018, a number of changes were made to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (ESA). One change that is important…
Amendments have been made to Ontario’s Personal Health Information & Protection Act (PHIPA), and midwives have had new obligations in providing notice to the Information & Privacy Commissioner regarding privacy breaches effective October 1st, 2017. We’ve updated our Guide to Compliance with PHIPA to add in these new changes so that members can understand what will be required. The updated guide can be found by clicking here, and you’ll find the changes incorporated on page 15 of the guide.
In September 2017, I received a letter from the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In the letter, Minister Eric Hoskins writes about the Ministry’s Patients First Action Plan, and states their objective to increase access to the right care, at the right time.
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care sent a letter to College of Midwives of Ontario Council President Tiffany Haidon,…