An emergency order made on May 1, 2020 (the “Order”)
under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
(the “EMCPA”) empowers Ontario hospitals in managing
their professional staff credentialing processes during the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic.
Pursuant to the Order, Ontario hospitals may take “any
reasonably necessary measure” with respect to “any
aspect of the hospital's credentialing process” in
order to “respond to, prevent and alleviate the outbreak of
the coronavirus.” The Order provides additional flexibility
to hospitals in credentialing, enabling them to respond nimbly to
burdensome and changing staffing needs.
The Order provides a non-exhaustive list of measures that the
board of a hospital, or any of the hospital's authorized
officers, may take if reasonably necessary, including:
