O. Reg. 413/15: SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, HEALTH PROTECTION AND PROMOTION ACT

ontario regulation 413/15

made under the

Health Protection and Promotion Act

Made: December 9, 2015
Filed: December 11, 2015
Published on e-Laws: December 11, 2015
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 26, 2015

Amending Reg. 570 of R.R.O. 1990

(SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS)

1. The title to Regulation 570 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

 

school health programs and services

2. Section 1 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Prescribed school health programs and services

1. (1) Pursuant to subsections 6 (1) and (3) of the Act, every board of health shall provide the health programs and services set out in Column 1 of the Table to this section for the classifications of pupils set out opposite the program or service in Column 2 of the Table.

(2) In the Table,

“assessment” means the systematic collection and analysis of information in respect of an individual in order to provide a basis for making decisions about that individual’s health care; (“évaluation”)

“surveillance” means the systematic and ongoing collection, collation and analysis of information in respect of a population of individuals in order for a board of health to plan, monitor, report on and evaluate programs. (“surveillance”)

TABLE

 

Item

Column 1

Health Programs and Services

Column 2

Classifications of Pupils

1.

Oral health assessment, including screening

Elementary school pupils

2.

Oral health surveillance, including screening

Elementary school pupils

3.

Oral health promotion

Elementary school pupils

4.

Immunization for designated diseases as defined in the Immunization of School Pupils Act

All pupils

5.

Recording and assessment of immunization status

All pupils

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2016 and the day this Regulation is filed.