The Ontario government is allowing the province’s regulated health professionals to reopen their offices amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but only if each profession gets the go-ahead and receives guidelines from each respective governing authority.
A spokesperson for Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said the government changed its directive restricting non-essential and elective health services put in place more than two months ago as part of a “gradual restart.” She said not all of the affected health professionals will be able to see patients as of Wednesday. “Health regulatory colleges are now in the process of developing guidance to ensure high-quality and safe clinical care that must be met before services can resume,”