Please see the following Ontario Government News Release “Ontario Extending Call to Arms to Businesses, Volunteers and Retired Health Professionals”.
The amendments to the Controlled Acts Regulation under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, is available at the following link.
Effective December 21, 2021, the Ontario Government released an updated Directive #1 for Health Care Providers and Health Entities to outline revised PPE requirements.
Please note, this directive only applies to health care workers who are “providing direct care to or interacting with a suspected, probable (i.e. placed in precautions as high risk contact, in an outbreak zone of the facility or recently transferred from a facility in outbreak) or confirmed cases of COVID-19”. Chiropractors providing in-person care should continue to practise in accordance with current guidance for the health sector.
As an interim precaution in light of the uncertainty of the Omicron variant, all health care workers providing direct care to or interacting with individuals who have suspected, probable or confirmed cases of COVID-19 are required to have and use the following PPE:
The following additional updated directives for specific health care settings are:
December 29, 2021 Update
Ontario Government guidance for the health sector continues to be available at the following link.
CCO has scheduled an online sitting of the Legislation and Ethics Examination for February 15, 2024. The deadline to apply for this examination is January 29, 2024. Due to the online delivery of the examination, candidates should make themselves available for the entire day. Please complete the application form and submit it to Ms Madeline Cheng, Registration Coordinator to apply for the examination. Please contact Ms Madeline Cheng at mcheng@cco.on.ca or 416-922-6355 ext. 113 for any questions.
More information about the legislation and ethics examination, including study material, can be found at the following link, under “Legislation and Ethics Examination”. Information about the February 15, 2024 sitting of the examination can be found at the following link.
Information about the online delivery of the examination can be found in the following document and video.
CCO will be holding a virtual workshop on Regulatory Excellence for CCO Members (formerly titled the Record Keeping Workshop) on February 16, 2024, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm. Please email Rose Bustria at rbustria@cco.on.ca if you are interested in attending this virtually.
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