Need To Know OHS Requirements For Medical Service Providers

On May 4, 2020, Saskatchewan introduced the first phase of a five-phase program to lift restrictions on businesses and services. For general information on this phased program see our "Re-Open Saskatchewan" - Business in the New Normal: Saskatchewan Introduces Five Phase Plan blog.

This first phase is centred primarily on medical services, and will allow the following previously restricted medical services to largely resume operations:

• Dentistry;
• Optometry,
• Physical therapy;
• Optician services;
• Podiatry,
• Occupational therapy; and
• Chiropractic treatment.

Although medical service providers are allowed to largely resume operations, they are required to adhere to a number of general public health and occupational health and safety guidelines. For more on these general guidelines see our Saskatchewan Issues Workplace Health and Safety Guidelines for Employers as Businesses Reopen blog. In addition to these general guidelines, medical service