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Food Safety Training is critical for public safety and protection. The license holder for any food premises in PEI is required to have successfully completed an approved food safety training program. Food handlers completing food safety training must update their certification...
Spouses of long-term care residents will be able to stay in their own homes and communities longer with updates to long-term care regulations that will allow them to retain more of their family income. Effective February 1, 2020, changes to the long-term care subsidy assessment...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, announces additional provincial measures to protect the health and safety of Islanders as the COVID-19 situation continues. Effective March 17, 2020, all public licensed child care centres will be closed until further notice and...
This document is a reference tool to help individuals and health information custodians comply with the Health Information Act.
Islanders are urged to get their flu shot as flu season on Prince Edward Island nears. Throughout October 52,000 doses of influenza vaccine will be delivered in various shipments to immunizers. Influenza season typically begins in Prince Edward Island in December. “A flu shot is...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new requirements for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated staff of Long Term Care (LTC) and Community Care Facilities (CCF) in Prince Edward Island. Effective Friday, September 3, regular testing of unvaccinated...
The Chief Public Health Office and the Liquor Control Commission are encouraging Islanders to follow the Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. The guidelines were developed to help Canadians moderate their alcohol consumption and reduce...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new positive cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individuals are both in their 20s, one is a close contact of the case announced yesterday and the other is unrelated. Both individuals recently...
Health Governance Advisory Council Final Report (2009) describes the process and recommendations made for the creation of the first Health PEI governance body, known as the Health PEI B