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ONTARIO REGULATION 87/14

made under the

REGULATED HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT, 1991

Made: March 13, 2014
Approved: March 26, 2014
Filed: March 28, 2014
Published on e-Laws: March 28, 2014
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 12, 2014

Amending O. Reg. 107/96

(CONTROLLED ACTS)

1. Ontario Regulation 107/96 is amended by adding the following section:

14. (1) Subject to subsection (4), a member of the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario who holds a general or graduate certificate of registration is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of performing a tracheostomy tube change for a stoma that is more than 24 hours old.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), a member of the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario who holds a limited certificate of registration is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of performing a tracheostomy tube change for a stoma that is more than 24 hours old, as long as the performance of the procedure is permitted by the terms and conditions of his or her certificate of registration.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a member of the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario who holds a general certificate of registration is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of performing a tracheostomy tube change for a stoma that is less than 24 hours old.

(4) A member of the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario shall not perform a procedure described in subsection (1), (2) or (3) unless the procedure is ordered by,

(a) a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the College of Midwives of Ontario or the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario; or

(b) a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who holds an extended certificate of registration under the Nursing Act, 1991.

2. The Schedule to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

SCHEDULE

1. Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation Act.

2. Cancer Act.

3. Child and Family Services Act.

4. Homes for Special Care Act.

5. Independent Health Facilities Act.

6. Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007.

7. Mental Health Act.

8. Ministry of Community and Social Services Act.

9. Ministry of Correctional Services Act.

10. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act.

11. Ontario Mental Health Foundation Act.

12. Private Hospitals Act.

13. Public Hospitals Act.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:

Deborah Drake Matthews

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

Date made: March 13, 2014.