{"id":4067,"date":"2018-01-12T10:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmo.on.ca\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2018-05-04T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T14:34:23","slug":"changes-to-the-controlled-acts-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/changes-to-the-controlled-acts-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the Controlled Acts Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"td1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The College has worked closely with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to make amendments to the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cmo.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8ccbc0128a715dadf3eb8f26a&amp;id=c9be0324d1&amp;e=3812bbe36a\"><span class=\"s2\">Controlled Acts Regulation<\/span><\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/cmo.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8ccbc0128a715dadf3eb8f26a&amp;id=bcc4629ca8&amp;e=3812bbe36a\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991<\/i><\/span><\/a>. The changes to the regulation clarify that midwives are now authorized to both order and apply soundwaves for pregnancy diagnostic ultrasound or pelvic diagnostic ultrasound to their clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When applying ultrasound, all midwives must meet the following requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Be accountable for your professional decisions and actions<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and judgement to perform the procedure<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Always work within the limits of your competence<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Consult with another care provider when the required care exceeds your knowledge and skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ensure appropriate maintenance of the equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You can <a href=\"https:\/\/cmo.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8ccbc0128a715dadf3eb8f26a&amp;id=edc47477c3&amp;e=3812bbe36a\"><span class=\"s2\">read more about the changes to the regulation here<\/span><\/a>, and we will provide more information on the impact of these changes in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College has worked closely with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to make amendments to the\u00a0 Controlled Acts&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[108,28,29,54,158,37,156,24,90,35,68,56],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4068,"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions\/4068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmo.on.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}