DDO Health Law Update
April 27, 2018: A weekly scan of new legislation and regulations important to the Ontario health sector, as well as articles of interest.
Bills
No new bills of interest.
Status of Previously Reported Bills
Bill |
Status |
Bill 14 – Personal Information Protection Act, 2018 | Before the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. |
Bill 31 – Plan for Care and Opportunity Act (Budget Measures), 2018 | Consideration of a Bill on April 26, 2018. |
Bill 52 – Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Act, 2018 | Before the Standing Committee on Social Policy. |
Bill PR79 – Kingston Health Sciences Centre Act, 2018 | Ordered for Second Reading on April 11, 2018. |
Proposed Regulations
Prescribed Therapies Regulation under the Psychotherapy Act, 2007
The College of Registered Psychotherapists and Registered Mental Health Therapists of Ontario (“CRPO”) is proposing under the Psychotherapy Act, 2007 a regulation that would allow Council to make regulations prescribing therapies involving the practice of psychotherapy, governing the use of prescribed therapies, and prohibiting the use of therapies other than the prescribed therapies in the course of the practice of psychotherapy. This new regulation would apply to all Registered Psychotherapists, both in the provision of the controlled act, as part of the practice of psychotherapy and in the broader scope of practice.
Comments due: June 15, 2018
For more information: http://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=27366&language=en
MOHLTC News Room
More than 500 New Long-Term Care Beds for Francophone Seniors
Markham Stouffville Hospital to get 24 hour Midwifery Care Unit
More Hospital Beds, Faster Care for Families in East Toronto
66 More Long-Term Care Beds for Francophone Seniors in Welland
Ontario Funding Additional Residency Positions for Medical Graduates
Ontario Improving Health Care Facilities for Chatham-Kent Area Patients
2018 Budget Boosts Access to Health Care for Kingston Families
Articles of Interest
Health Care
Long-Term Care Homes
Thunder Bay long-term care homes respond to inspections
Province says 232 long term care beds set aside for Northeastern Ontario
Professional Misconduct
Sask. Nurse fined $26K for critical online post has appeal dismissed
Indigenous Community
Friends to the end: How the suicides of seven Indigenous girls revealed a community undone
Consent and Sexual Assault
What do you call it when you don’t consent to sex, but don’t not consent?