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On January 1, 2012 the Ontario Ministry of Education (EDU) assumed full responsibility for licensed child care in the province. Ontario sets policy and establishes the legislative/regulatory framework for licensed child care through the Day Nurseries Act (DNA), which establishes provincial standards which must be met by licensed child care operators to help protect the health, safety and developmental needs of children. The DNA requires that all licensed child care operators in Ontario have an anaphylaxis policy in place in each child care centre operated by the licensee and each location where private-home day care is provided to help protect those children at risk of anaphylaxis within a regulated child care setting. For more information regarding the requirements, refer to The Day Nurseries Act – R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 262, Health & Medical Supervision, section 36.1 at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca.
Prince Edward Island
The Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development issued an updated directive in August 2011 concerning Procedures for Dealing with Life-threatening Allergies, stating that “The purpose
of this Directive is to provide guidance to parents and school personnel concerning procedures for managing students who have life-threatening allergies and are at risk of anaphylaxis.” The Minister’s Directive is included in the Information Handbook on Anaphylaxis, Fourth Edition, August 2011. To download a copy of this handbook, published by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Department of Health and Wellness, go to: www.gov.pe.ca.
Quebec
In Quebec, health issues in schools and child care centres are managed by the Ministère de l’Éducation du Loisir et des Sports, the Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux and the Ministère de la Famille. School nurses work either in the private school system or within the public system under the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (the health ministry). School nurses manage the anaphylaxis training of personnel as well as the emergency plans of allergic children in schools and services de garde (after school care). Other healthcare professionals within these settings, such as dental hygienists, can also respond to emergency situations involving anaphylaxis. Following the publication of anaphylaxis treatment recommendations by the Association québécoise des allergies alimentaires (AQAA) in 1998 and 2005, each school board and child care centre in Quebec develops and updates its own protocols. Most protocols are similar from region to region, and are based and updated on best practice guidelines relating to intervention and treatment as outlined by the pre- hospital emergency services (Services préhospitaliers d’urgence).
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