Standards of Practice and Midwifery Scope of Practice
Standards set minimum expectations that must be met by any midwife in any setting or role. Standards guide the professional knowledge, skills, and judgment needed to practise midwifery safely. Standards of practice are approved by the Council of the College.
College of Midwives of Ontario Standards of Practice
The Professional Standards for Midwives (June 2021)
Normes Professionnelles des Sages-Femmes (juin 2021)
Practice Management
Clinical Practice
- Blood Borne Viruses (June 2022)
- Clinical Education and Student Supervision (July 2014)
- Prescribing and Administering Drugs (October 2019)
Midwifery Scope of Practice (2021)
Champ d’application de la profession de sage-femme 2021
Archived Standards of Practice from the College
All standards of practice rescinded on or after June 1, 2018, are archived here.
If you are looking for historic information on College standards, you can contact the College’s Professional Practice Advisor by phone: 416.640.2252 ext. 230 or by email: practiceadvice@cmo.on.ca
Archived Standards of Practice A-N
- Ambulance Transport (January 2014)
- Blood Borne Pathogens (January 2014)
- Caring for Related Persons (January 2014)
- Code of Ethics (September 2015)
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (January 2014)
- Continuity of Care (January 2014)
- Consultation and Transfer of Care (November 2015)
- Diagnostic Imaging (January 2014)
- Delegation, Orders and Directives (January 2014)
- Epidural Monitoring and Management (July 2014)
- Essential Equipment, Supplies and Medications (June 2015)
- External Cephalic Version (July 2014)
- Home and Out of Hospital Births (January 2014)
- Induction and Augmentation of Labour (July 2014)
- Informed Choice (January 2014)
- Interprofessional Collaboration (January 2014)
- Laboratory Testing (September 2015)
- Neonatal-Resuscitation (June 2015)
- Newborn Eye Prophylaxis (January 2014)
- Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Blends (January 2014)
Archived Standards of Practice O-Z
- Postpartum/Newborn Visits (June 2015)
- Practice Communication (June 2014)
- Practice Protocols (November 2015)
- Prescribing and Administering (October 2019)
- Routine Childhood Vaccinations (January 2014)
- Surgical Assistant in Obstetrics (July 2014)
- The Ontario Midwifery Model of Care (September 2013)
- Twin and Breech Birth (July 2014)
- VBAC and Choice of Birthplace (January 2014)
- When a Client Chooses Care Outside Midwifery Standards of Practice (January 2014)