On June 1, 2021, a number of changes to College standards of practice came into effect. Learn more about these changes here.
standards of practice
Standards Review: Important Changes Coming into Effect on June 1st, 2021
February 26, 2021
At its December meeting, Council made a number of important decisions regarding College standards of …
Alternate Practice Arrangements
July 18, 2018
The College's Alternate Practice Arrangement (APA) program is no longer in place. See here for information on what has replaced our APA Type 1 and Type 2 programs.
Professional Standards for Midwives – now in effect.
July 18, 2018
The new Professional Standards for Midwives came into effect on June 1, 2018. Members are now required to practise according to the new standards. You can review the new Professional Standards here, and download a PDF of the Professional Standards here. You can find all current College standards of practice here on our website, as well as archived standards.
Second Birth Attendant Standard
July 10, 2018
The College of Midwives of Ontario has heard that some members are concerned about revisions …
APA Type 1 Program Update
June 19, 2018
In 2014, the College created the Alternate Practice Arrangement (APA) Type 1 program (Modified Primary …
Professional Standards for Midwives in Effect
June 1, 2018
The new Professional Standards for Midwives come into effect today. Members are now required to …
Implementing the Professional Standards
May 11, 2018
As members are aware, the College is changing from more prescriptive standards to a principles-based …
Professional Standards Effective June 1 2018
April 5, 2018
As midwives know, setting and maintaining high professional standards is fundamental to public protection and public confidence in the midwifery profession. At the College, we need to ensure that our standards of practice clearly set out the high standards we expect of all midwives. This led us to develop the new Professional Standards for Midwives (Professional Standards), which were approved by Council on March 21st.
APA Type 2 and Second Birth Attendant Standard
April 5, 2018
The Second Birth Attendant standard sets out the College’s expectations for non-midwife attendants who provide intrapartum and postpartum care in the role of a second midwife. Currently, the College’s Second Birth Attendant standard applies only to midwifery practices in Alternate Practice Arrangements (APA 2) that grants “permission” to work below the College’s Model of Care standard that requires the attendance of two midwives at every birth.