News & Announcement – Legislation passed in Newfoundland & Labrador!

26 July 2010

The Health Professions Act is passed in Newfoundland & Labrador, enabling midwives to be registered.

CAM is proud to inform you that on June 15, 2010, An Act Respecting The Regulation Of Certain Health Profession (Bill 17) was passed in Newfoundland & Labrador. This Bill has enacted the Health Professions Act, an umbrella model for governance of certain health professions, including midwifery.The Bill will

• allow for the governance of multiple health professions under one Health Professions Council in combination with profession specific colleges;
• give to the Health Professions Council the responsibility for the regulation of all professions captured by the legislation, including provisions of registration, quality assurance and discipline;
• provide for the creation of profession specific colleges which would be a source of professional expertise to assist and guide the council in the establishment of criteria or benchmarks for registration, entry to practice, and continued competency matters;
• authorize profession specific colleges to establish, in by-laws, the scope of practice, the standards of practice and a code of ethics for the health profession it represents; and
• identify in the Schedule those health professions to which the legislation will apply.

You can read Bill 17 here.

Click here to read the June 2010 AMNL newsletter.