Ontario's Regulatory Registry

Amendments to the designation of 24 existing designated agencies
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

We have made two changes to the boundary of Killbear Provincial Park. A large parcel of land was added to protect a variety of wetlands and Massassauga rattlesnake habitat, and a small area was removed to resolve an encroachment by the Township of Carling's landfill site.
Effective Date:  July 27, 2023

The regulation amends the Rules of Civil Procedure (RCP) to amend 3 probate application forms (Forms 74A, 74.1A and 74J) and create a new transition rule to permit service and filing of the old forms and new forms for a specified period.
Effective Date:  July 6, 2023

The Ministry of Health has amended O. Reg 965: Hospital Management under the Public Hospitals Act to eliminate the regulatory requirement to perform a laboratory examination of tissues removed during reconstructive joint surgery for a degenerative condition, by adding those tissues to the list of exclusions in s. 31 (2). Operating surgeons retain the authority to submit specimens for examination at their discretion. Effective date: July 1, 2023
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

The Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (the Act) received Royal Assent on June 8, 2023 and amends the Education Act and other key acts governing the education sector. A key element of the Act is to provide greater transparency for parents and families. To support this intent, the Ministry of Education is consulting on regulatory amendments to require school boards to enhance existing public reporting on Professional Activity (PA) days by providing more detail on PA Day topics, content, organizer/facilitator, activities and format in a manner prescribed by the Minister, in addition to clarifying administrative requirements of school boards.
Effective Date:  July 28, 2023

The Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023 (the Act) received Royal Assent on June 8, 2023, and amends the Education Act and other key acts governing the education sector. A key element of the Act is to ensure a uniform focus on student achievement across all school boards. To support this intent, the Ministry of Education is consulting on a proposed new supporting regulation that would outline provincial priorities for student achievement, which school boards would be required to adopt in their multi-year plans to drive performance outcomes.
Effective Date:  July 28, 2023

Proposed regulation to amend O. Reg. 366/19 (Data Integration) under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to designate the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) as an extra-ministerial data integration unit for the purposes of Part III.1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).
Effective Date:  July 24, 2023

We are proposing minor amendments to the blue box regulation (O. Reg. 391/21) to provide clarity to producers on their blue box obligations and support a smooth transition to a full producer responsibility framework.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

The Ministry of the Solicitor General proposes an amendment to the Coroners Act, which is the legislation that establishes the framework for conducting death investigations in Ontario. The proposed amendment would enable the creation of regulations that would govern the collection, retention, storage and disposal of tissue samples from a body that is subject to a post mortem examination or other exams or analyses as part of a coroner's investigation under that Act, and which may provide for the collection, retention, storage and disposal of such samples for the purpose of enabling genetic analysis.
Effective Date:  July 8, 2023

The Ministry of Health is proposing to amend Ontario Regulation 135/18 ("Designation of Diseases") under the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA) to designate anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus as diseases of public health significance. The Ministry also proposes to make a corresponding amendment to Ontario Regulation 569 ("Reports") under the HPPA to specify reporting requirements for these diseases to Medical Officers of Health.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

Following a request from Flowers Canada (Ontario) Inc. (FCO), the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is proposing amendments to Regulation 316/08: Designation - Flowers Canada (Ontario) Inc. that would increase the licence fees payable by greenhouse floriculture producers. Over a two-year period, the fee would be adjusted from 2.5 cents to 4 cents per square foot of greenhouse floriculture plants grown to a new yearly producer maximum amount of $34,000 instead of the current maximum of $16,500.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

We are proposing to amend Ontario Regulation 161/17 to the Public Lands Act. The key proposed amendments relate to what structures or things may not be placed or used for overnight accommodation on water over Ontario's public lands and are intended to reduce the environmental and social impacts of floating accommodations.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

The College of Nurses of Ontario is proposing regulatory amendments to expand the scope of practice for RPNs including: Irrigation, probing, debriding, and packing of a wound below the dermis or below a mucous membrane, venipuncture to start intravenous access using a solution of normal saline, when an individual requires medical attention & delay is likely to be harmful, and certain procedures for the purpose of assessing and/or assisting an individual with health management activities:- putting an instrument, hand, or finger beyond the individual's labia majora - putting an instrument or finger into an artificial opening into the individual's body
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

The Ministry of Health is proposing an amendment to Reg. 965: Hospital Management under the Public Hospitals Act to eliminate the regulatory requirement to perform a laboratory examination of tissues removed during hip and knee replacement surgeries, by adding those tissues to the list of exclusions in s. 31 (2). Operating surgeons would retain the authority to submit any specimens for examination at their discretion.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

Regulation 557 establishes the responsibility for rabies cases. There exists no authority for Medical Officers of Health to order testing of deceased animals under observation, unless there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an animal is rabid. Without testing to rule out rabies, bite victims may have to undergo a publicly-funded rabies vaccination as part of the post-exposure protocol. Regulation 567 defines conditions for the administration of the rabies vaccine in certain animals. This regulation allows for vaccination by licenced veterinarians within Ontario, animals vaccinated in other provinces, territories, or countries must be revaccinated to meet the regulation.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

The Ministry of Health is posting a notice of a proposed regulation under PHIPA. The public is invited to provide comments between September 24, 2022 and November 22, 2022. Under the proposed regulation, if patients make an access request for their personal health information in electronic format, Health Information Custodians would be required to provide such access in either (i) an electronic format specified by Ontario Health (OH), subject to prior Minister approval, and posted on OH's website, or (ii) another electronic format that is agreed to by the health information custodian (HIC) and the individual.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023

We are proposing to create a new non-operating provincial park east of Ottawa, regulated under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006. Creating this park will provide greater protection to an ecologically important and sensitive area.
Effective Date:  July 27, 2023

This proposal is to streamline environmental permissions for microbreweries and nanobreweries where environmental risks are low. This aligns with ministry oversight that is proportional with potential risks to the environment and human health and reduces burden and cost for these small-scale breweries.
Effective Date:  July 1, 2023