Acts and Regulations

M-11.5 - Midwifery Act

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Regulations
99With the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the powers, duties and qualifications of the Registrar;
(b) respecting the recognition of midwifery schools and examinations as prerequisites to registration;
(c) respecting the assessment process required for registration as a midwife;
(d) respecting the registration of applicants and members, including qualifications for registration and continued registration in the active practice register, the temporary practice register or a class of membership established in the rosters;
(e) establishing classes of membership for the purposes of paragraph 20(c);
(f) respecting information to be included on the register;
(g) respecting the period of time for which a person’s name may be maintained in the temporary register;
(h) respecting the powers, functions and duties of the Registration Appeal Committee;
(i) respecting the type and amount of professional liability insurance a member is required to hold;
(j) respecting a continuing competency program and requiring members to participate in any such program and providing for any other matter that will facilitate or give effect to such program;
(k) respecting the verification of members’ compliance with the continuing competence program;
(l) Repealed: 2019, c.9, s.3
(m) respecting consultations with, referrals to or transfer of care of a patient to a medical practitioner;
(n) establishing a therapeutics committee and authorizing the committee to recommend
(i) the classifications of drugs, blood products and vaccines a midwife may prescribe and administer, and
(ii) the screening and diagnostic tests a midwife may order and interpret;
(o) prescribing the procedure to be followed by the therapeutics committee in making recommendations pursuant to paragraph (n);
(p) requiring the approval of the Council and the Minister of recommendations made pursuant to paragraph (n) before implementation;
(q) prescribing other health care services that may be provided by a midwife in the practice of midwifery;
(r) respecting the suspension or revocation of registration of members and the reinstatement of registration and providing for the restrictions that may be attached;
(s) prescribing the manner and form of hearings, and the procedures to be followed at hearings, of the Registration Appeal Committee, the Complaints Committee or the Discipline Committee;
(t) prescribing fees that are payable to a person pursuant to subsection 55(4);
(u) specifying persons that the Registrar is to notify under subparagraph 78(a)(iv);
(v) governing such other matters as the Council considers necessary or advisable for the effective discharge of its functions or the exercise of its powers.
2011, c.26, s.3; 2019, c.9, s.3
Regulations
99With the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the powers, duties and qualifications of the Registrar;
(b) respecting the recognition of midwifery schools and examinations as prerequisites to registration;
(c) respecting the assessment process required for registration as a midwife;
(d) respecting the registration of applicants and members, including qualifications for registration and continued registration in the active practice register, the temporary practice register or a class of membership established in the rosters;
(e) establishing classes of membership for the purposes of paragraph 20(c);
(f) respecting information to be included on the register;
(g) respecting the period of time for which a person’s name may be maintained in the temporary register;
(h) respecting the powers, functions and duties of the Registration Appeal Committee;
(i) respecting the type and amount of professional liability insurance a member is required to hold;
(j) respecting a continuing competency program and requiring members to participate in any such program and providing for any other matter that will facilitate or give effect to such program;
(k) respecting the verification of members’ compliance with the continuing competence program;
(l) establishing standards of the practice of midwifery;
(m) respecting consultations with, referrals to or transfer of care of a patient to a medical practitioner;
(n) establishing a therapeutics committee and authorizing the committee to recommend
(i) the classifications of drugs, blood products and vaccines a midwife may prescribe and administer, and
(ii) the screening and diagnostic tests a midwife may order and interpret;
(o) prescribing the procedure to be followed by the therapeutics committee in making recommendations pursuant to paragraph (n);
(p) requiring the approval of the Council and the Minister of recommendations made pursuant to paragraph (n) before implementation;
(q) prescribing other health care services that may be provided by a midwife in the practice of midwifery;
(r) respecting the suspension or revocation of registration of members and the reinstatement of registration and providing for the restrictions that may be attached;
(s) prescribing the manner and form of hearings, and the procedures to be followed at hearings, of the Registration Appeal Committee, the Complaints Committee or the Discipline Committee;
(t) prescribing fees that are payable to a person pursuant to subsection 55(4);
(u) specifying persons that the Registrar is to notify under subparagraph 78(a)(iv);
(v) governing such other matters as the Council considers necessary or advisable for the effective discharge of its functions or the exercise of its powers.
2011, c.26, s.3
Regulations
99With the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the powers, duties and qualifications of the Registrar;
(b) respecting the recognition of midwifery schools and examinations as prerequisites to registration;
(c) respecting the assessment process required for registration as a midwife;
(d) respecting the registration of applicants and members, including qualifications for registration and continued registration in the active practice register, the temporary practice register or a class of membership established in the rosters;
(e) establishing classes of membership for the purposes of paragraph 20(c);
(f) respecting information to be included on the register;
(g) respecting the period of time for which a person’s name may be maintained in the temporary register;
(h) respecting the powers, functions and duties of the Registration Appeal Committee;
(i) respecting the type and amount of professional liability insurance a member is required to hold;
(j) respecting a continuing competency program and requiring members to participate in any such program and providing for any other matter that will facilitate or give effect to such program;
(k) respecting the verification of members’ compliance with the continuing competence program;
(l) establishing standards of the practice of midwifery;
(m) respecting consultations with, referrals to or transfer of care of a patient to a medical practitioner;
(n) establishing a therapeutics committee and authorizing the committee to recommend
(i) the classifications of drugs a midwife may prescribe and administer, and
(ii) the screening and diagnostic tests a midwife may order and interpret;
(o) prescribing the procedure to be followed by the therapeutics committee in making recommendations pursuant to paragraph (n);
(p) requiring the approval of the Council and the Minister of recommendations made pursuant to paragraph (n) before implementation;
(q) prescribing other health care services that may be provided by a midwife in the practice of midwifery;
(r) respecting the suspension or revocation of registration of members and the reinstatement of registration and providing for the restrictions that may be attached;
(s) prescribing the manner and form of hearings, and the procedures to be followed at hearings, of the Registration Appeal Committee, the Complaints Committee or the Discipline Committee;
(t) prescribing fees that are payable to a person pursuant to subsection 55(4);
(u) specifying persons that the Registrar is to notify under subparagraph 78(a)(iv);
(v) governing such other matters as the Council considers necessary or advisable for the effective discharge of its functions or the exercise of its powers.
Regulations
99With the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the powers, duties and qualifications of the Registrar;
(b) respecting the recognition of midwifery schools and examinations as prerequisites to registration;
(c) respecting the assessment process required for registration as a midwife;
(d) respecting the registration of applicants and members, including qualifications for registration and continued registration in the active practice register, the temporary practice register or a class of membership established in the rosters;
(e) establishing classes of membership for the purposes of paragraph 20(c);
(f) respecting information to be included on the register;
(g) respecting the period of time for which a person’s name may be maintained in the temporary register;
(h) respecting the powers, functions and duties of the Registration Appeal Committee;
(i) respecting the type and amount of professional liability insurance a member is required to hold;
(j) respecting a continuing competency program and requiring members to participate in any such program and providing for any other matter that will facilitate or give effect to such program;
(k) respecting the verification of members’ compliance with the continuing competence program;
(l) establishing standards of the practice of midwifery;
(m) respecting consultations with, referrals to or transfer of care of a patient to a medical practitioner;
(n) establishing a therapeutics committee and authorizing the committee to recommend
(i) the classifications of drugs a midwife may prescribe and administer, and
(ii) the screening and diagnostic tests a midwife may order and interpret;
(o) prescribing the procedure to be followed by the therapeutics committee in making recommendations pursuant to paragraph (n);
(p) requiring the approval of the Council and the Minister of recommendations made pursuant to paragraph (n) before implementation;
(q) prescribing other health care services that may be provided by a midwife in the practice of midwifery;
(r) respecting the suspension or revocation of registration of members and the reinstatement of registration and providing for the restrictions that may be attached;
(s) prescribing the manner and form of hearings, and the procedures to be followed at hearings, of the Registration Appeal Committee, the Complaints Committee or the Discipline Committee;
(t) prescribing fees that are payable to a person pursuant to subsection 55(4);
(u) specifying persons that the Registrar is to notify under subparagraph 78(a)(iv);
(v) governing such other matters as the Council considers necessary or advisable for the effective discharge of its functions or the exercise of its powers.