COVID-19
Directive #2 for Health Care Providers
COVID-19
Directive #2 for Health Care Providers (Regulated Health
Professionals or Persons who operate a Group Practice of
Regulated Health Professionals)
Issued under Section 77.7 of the Health Protection and
Promotion Act (HPPA), R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7
THIS DIRECTIVE REPLACES THE DIRECTIVE #2 ISSUED ON MARCH 19th, 2020. THE
DIRECTIVE #2 ISSUED ON MARCH 19th, 2020 IS REVOKED AND THE FOLLOWING
SUBSTITUTED:
WHEREAS under section 77.7(1) of the HPPA, if the Chief Medical Officer of Health
(CMOH) is of the opinion that there exists or there may exist an immediate risk to the
health of persons anywhere in Ontario, he or she may issue a directive to any health
care provider or health care entity respecting precautions and procedures to be followed
to protect the health of persons anywhere in Ontario;
AND WHEREAS, On March 17th, 2020 an emergency was declared in Ontario due to the
outbreak of COVID-19, pursuant to Order-in-Council 518/2020 under the Emergency
Management and Civil Protection Act;
AND HAVING REGARD TO, the emerging evidence about the ways this virus transmits
between people as well as the potential severity of illness it causes in addition to the
declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11th, 2020 that COVID-19 is
a pandemic virus and the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario;
AND HAVING REGARD TO the potential impact of COVID-19 on the work of regulated health
professionals, the need to protect regulated health professionals in their workplaces, and the
need to prioritize patients who have or may have COVID-19 in the work that regulated health
professionals and certain health care entities undertake;
AND HAVING REGARD TO the need to gradually restart health services for the people of
Ontario, based on a reduction of COVID-19 activity;
I AM THEREFORE OF THE OPINION that there exists or may exist an immediate risk to the
health of persons anywhere in Ontario from COVID-19;
AND DIRECT pursuant to the provisions of section 77.7 of the HPPA that:
Directive #2 for Health Care Providers dated March 19th, 2020 is revoked and replaced with
this Directive
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