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O. Reg. 566/17: CONTROLLED ACTS

filed December 20, 2017 under Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 18

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ontario regulation 566/17

made under the

Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

Made: November 30, 2017
Approved: December 13, 2017
Filed: December 20, 2017
Published on e-Laws: December 20, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 6, 2018

Amending O. Reg. 107/96

(CONTROLLED ACTS)

1. (1) Section 3.1 of Ontario Regulation 107/96 is amended by adding “of Ontario” after “Medical Radiation Technologists” in the portion before clause (a).

(2) Section 3.1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) the electromagnetism is applied for magnetic resonance imaging using equipment that is installed in, and operated by, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute;

2. Section 4 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

4. A member of the College of Midwives of Ontario is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of applying, or ordering the application of, soundwaves for pregnancy diagnostic ultrasound or pelvic diagnostic ultrasound.

4.1 (1) A member of the College of Nurses of Ontario, other than a member described in subsection (2), is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of applying soundwaves for diagnostic ultrasound, as long as the member has a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship with the person to whom the soundwaves are being applied and the soundwaves are being applied for the purpose of conducting one or more routine nursing assessments of a patient to assist in the development or implementation of the patient’s plan of care.

(2) A member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who is a registered nurse in the extended class is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of applying, or ordering the application of, soundwaves for diagnostic ultrasound.

3. Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) the electromagnetism is applied for magnetic resonance imaging using equipment that is installed in, and operated by, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute;  

4. (1) Subsection 7.1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “A person” at the beginning of the portion before clause (a) and substituting “A member of the College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario or a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario other than a member who is a registered nurse in the extended class”.

(2) Subsection 7.1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(b.1) in the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and the equipment is operated by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute;

(3) Clause (b) of the definition of “member with ordering authority” in subsection 7.1 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “of the abdomen, pelvis and breast” at the end.

5. The Schedule to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

14. University of Ottawa Heart Institute Act, 1999.

Commencement

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2018 and the day it is filed.

(2) Subsection 4 (1) comes into force on January 1, 2019.

Made by:

Dr. Eric Hoskins

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

Date made: November 30, 2017