Episode 5: Resuming health services amid COVID-19
Listen to Episode 5 of Morning Commute with Miller Thomson. Miller Thomson's Health Industry lawyers discuss issues that health care providers in Ontario will need to consider as they resume services.
New filing methods in COVID-19 Response and Reforms to Modernize Ontario Act, 2020
On May 12, 2020 the Government of Ontario passed COVID-19 Response and Reforms to Modernize Ontario Act, 2020 (the “Act”). This omnibus legislation makes temporary changes to various Ontario business statues and provides not-for-profit corporations with flexibility in meeting corporate...
Courts go virtual as most hearings and limitation periods remain suspended
As set out in an earlier Communiqué, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a number of changes to the practice and procedure of civil litigation in Ontario. This Communiqué provides an update on some of the additional changes over the...
COVID-19 Efforts Shift to the Protection of Seniors and Vulnerable Persons
Health Management in Canadian Health Care, Volume 22 Number 3
This article, originally published in Miller Thomson’s Health Communiqué, was reproduced in the June 2020 issue of Health Management in Canadian Health Care (LexisNexis). Although the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have peaked in the province according...
Public Hospital Advisory: Emergency Order allows Government to institute hospitals as temporary management for long-term care homes experiencing COVID-19 outbreak
On May 12, 2020, the Ontario government passed an emergency Order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act temporarily amending section 156 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 (“LTCHA”) to expand the circumstances under which the Director may...
Operational requirements for health sector restart released
Chief Medical Officer of Health updates Directive #2 to ramp up health services On May 26, 2020, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health released an updated Directive #2 for health care providers which allows for a gradual restart of previously...
Public Hospital Advisory: date extended for hospital annual general meetings
The Government of Ontario has passed an amendment to Regulation 965 under the Public Hospitals Act, permitting the Minister of Health to direct that a hospital’s annual meeting be held at a time other than as provided for in the...
New emergency order directed at hospital credentialing processes
On May 1, 2020, the Ontario government issued an emergency order pursuant to 7.0.2(2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , having declared a state of emergency on March 17, 2020. This order remains in effect for the...
Alberta Health Services v Farkas: Balancing the interests of freedom of information and solicitor-client privilege
This decision of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta sets forth the scope of solicitor-client privilege with respect to legal advice provided to government organizations, public bodies, and agencies, and the ability of those involved in our medical system...
Injunction requires Long-Term Care homes to provide nurses access to PPE
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a decision on April 23, 2020, Ontario Nurses Association v Eatonville/Henley Place, 2020 ONSC 2467, granting an interlocutory injunction requiring four Long-Term Care (“LTC”) homes to act in accordance with Directive #3 and...
