Ontario considers expanding scopes of practice for health professionals

Ontario considers expanding scopes of practice for health professionals

TORONTO — Ontario is looking at giving several types of health professionals more authority, including allowing psychologists to prescribe anti-depressants and letting pharmacists administer strep throat tests, but the province's doctors are pushing back.
Health Minister Sylvia Jones said in a

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