Stay-at-Home Order Lifted

Ontario’s Stay-at-Home order ended on June 2. However, public health measures put in place under the order remain in effect. The province’s Roadmap to Reopen is a three-step plan to lift public health measures safely and gradually. It is based on ongoing progress of...

AstraZeneca Dose #2 Update

Updated June 14, 2021 On May 26, the College received a memo from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, regarding the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 (AZ)/COVISHIELD vaccine. Click here to read the Memorandum. Patients in Ontario can choose to have the second...

COVID-19: Revocation of Directive #2

On May 19, the College received a memo from the Chief Medical Officer of Health regarding the Revocation of Health Directive #2. It calls for a gradual and incremental implementation of resumption of scheduled non-urgent and non-emergent surgeries and procedures in...

Extension of Stay-at-Home Order

The Government of Ontario has announced that the Stay-at-Home order will extend for another 2 weeks, at least until June 2, 2021. The Stay-at-Home order does not impact the provision of health care. However, to support the order, we strongly recommend that Registered...

Directive #2 Reissued

On April 21, the College received an update that the Chief Medical Officer of Health has reissued Directive #2 for Health Care Providers. This version of Directive #2 is intended to preserve human resources for redeployment and to stop procedures that could tax...

Continuation of Stay-at-Home Order

The Government of Ontario has announced that the Stay-at-Home order will extend for another 2 weeks, until May 20, 2021. The Stay-at-Home order does not impact the provision of health care. However, to support the order, we strongly recommend that Registered Dental...