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Over the past months, the Government of Ontario enacted multiple
amendments to regulations made under the
Laboratory and
Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act (the LSCCLA ). These amendments eased certain legislative
restrictions on diagnostic testing for COVID-19 and formed part of
the provincial government s approach to enable rapid testing
for COVID-19 in the province.
The
Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing
Act
In Ontario, specimen collection centres and laboratories are
governed by the LSCCLA and the regulations made
thereunder.
1 The LSCCLA provides for the licensing,
Prices for private COVID-19 tests can range from $160 to $1,200, with little oversight of the industry
As more and more companies move into the rapidly growing and potentially lucrative business of private COVID testing, some health experts are raising concerns about what they say is a lack of oversight in the industry.
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Some doctors, experts concerned about what they say is a lack of regulation in rapidly growing industry
Posted: Feb 18, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 19
Passengers getting off international flights at Toronto’s Pearson airport are getting COVID-19 tests provided by Switch Health, one of many private testing companies in Canada.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)