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B.C. shifts vaccination order for health workers

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 08 Mar, 2022 12:56 PM

VICTORIA - British Columbia has removed any mention of COVID-19 vaccination deadlines from its order requiring health-care professionals to report their vaccination status.

A statement issued late Monday by the Health Ministry says the Office of the Provincial Health Officer has finalized its order covering 18 categories of health-care professionals, from doctors and nurses to massage therapists, pharmacists, dentists, naturopaths and traditional medicine practitioners.

The new order says those 18 professional health colleges were told last week that they must give personal information about their registrants to the ministry.

If a member's COVID-19 vaccination records are missing, the order requires that person to release those details to their college by March 31 and, if requested by the ministry, colleges would then have to disclose the member's vaccination status.

The new order differs from last month's announcement when provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said all regulated health professionals vaccinated with one dose before March 24 could continue to work only if they received a second dose within 35 days.

The latest statement from the Health Ministry does not list any consequences for workers who refuse to share their vaccination status by the end of the month.

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