As you may recall, legislative reform in 2023 required provincially regulated employers in our province to accept sick notes written by social workers and many other health professionals providing care within their regulated scope of practice.
Since these changes were made, we have heard from several members requesting guidance for when and how social workers may issue these documents, and we got to work on developing a resource. We are sharing a draft of those guidelines now, and are inviting member feedback.
We encourage you to join the discussion in the comment section below. If you would prefer to send your thoughts more privately to the professional standards committee, please write to [email protected].