Ontario Public Health Standards: Protocols and Guidelines
The Protocols and Guidelines that accompany the Standards are program and topic-specific documents incorporated into the Standards which provide direction on how boards of health shall operationalize specific requirement(s) identified in the Standards. The Standards are published by the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care as per Section 7 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
Protocols
Protocols provide direction on how boards of health shall operationalize specific requirement(s) identified within the Standards. The aim is to have consistent implementation of specific requirements across all boards of health. The protocols referenced in the Standards are as follows:
- Child Visual Health and Vision Screening Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Consumption and Treatment Services Compliance and Enforcement Protocol, 2021 [PDF]
- Food Safety Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Health Hazard Response Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Healthy Babies, Healthy Children Program Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Immunization for Children in Schools and Licensed Child Care Settings Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Infection Prevention and Control Complaint Protocol, 2022 [PDF]
- Infection Prevention and Control Disclosure Protocol, 2022 [PDF]
- Infection Prevention and Control Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2022 [PDF]
- Institutional/Facility Outbreak Management Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Menu Labelling Protocol, 2020 [PDF]
- Oral Health Protocol, 2021 [PDF]
- Population Health Assessment and Surveillance Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Qualifications for Public Health Professionals Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Rabies Prevention and Control Protocol, 2023 [PDF]
- Recreational Water Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Safe Drinking Water and Fluoride Monitoring Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted/Blood-Borne Infections Prevention and Control Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Tanning Beds Protocol, 2019 [PDF]
- Tobacco, Vapour and Smoke Protocol, 2021 [PDF]
- Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
- Vaccine Storage and Handling Protocol, 2018 [PDF]
Guidelines
Guidelines provide direction on how boards of health shall approach specific requirement(s) identified within the Standards. The aim is to provide a consistent approach to/application of requirements across all boards of health, while also allowing for variability in programs and services across health units based on local contextual factors as defined in the guidelines. The guidelines referenced in the Standards, are as follows:
- Chronic Disease Prevention Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Emergency Management Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Health Equity Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Healthy Environments and Climate Change Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Healthy Growth and Development Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Injury Prevention Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Management of Avian Chlamydiosis in Birds Guideline, 2019 [PDF]
- Management of Avian Influenza or Novel Influenza in Birds or Animals Guideline, 2023 [PDF]
- Management of Echinococcus Multilocularis Infections in Animals Guideline, 2019 [PDF]
- Management of Potential Rabies Exposures Guideline, 2020 [PDF]
- Mental Health Promotion Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Operational Approaches for Food Safety Guideline, 2019 [PDF]
- Operational Approaches for Recreational Water Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Personal Service Settings Guideline, 2019 [PDF]
- Relationship with Indigenous Communities Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- School Health Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Small Drinking Water Systems Risk Assessment Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction Guideline, 2018 [PDF]
- Tobacco, Vapour and Smoke Guideline, 2021 [PDF]
- Tuberculosis Program Guideline, 2023 [PDF]
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