Ontario midwives can now administer routine vaccines like flu shots and COVID-19 vaccines, and prescribe more drugs.
The provincial government says the changes will connect more people to convenient care and reduce the need for additional medical appointments.
Midwives will be able to prescribe more medications for nausea and managing miscarriages, as well as birth control for postpartum patients, and administering treatment for managing labour pain in a hospital setting.
The College of Midwives of Ontario and the Association of Ontario Midwives have previously said it would be more helpful for patients and midwives if they were allowed to order and prescribe the full range of tests and medications used in pregnancy care.