# Health Status Communicable Diseases Declaration

Canonical page: https://carecard.ca/knowledge/checks-declarations-forms/health-status-communicable-diseases-declaration
Language: en-CA



**Applicability:** CareCard's current catalogue associates this declaration
with second-year Primary Care Paramedic and first-year Advanced Care Paramedic
students. Your assigned requirement determines whether it applies.

**CareCard catalogue default:** 365 days.

**Evidence reviewed:** August 31, 2026

<Callout type="info">
  Use the current declaration supplied by your program. Provide only the information and health
  professional completion the form requests; do not substitute a general medical note.
</Callout>

## What your assigned requirement may ask for [#what-your-assigned-requirement-may-ask-for]

* The program's current health-status declaration
* Your name, program, year, and other requested identifiers
* Every declaration, signature, and date required from you
* A physician, nurse practitioner, or other authorized professional's section
  when the form requires one
* Every page of the completed form

If your health status changes or you are unsure how to answer a health
question, follow the form's instructions and consult the program or an
appropriate health professional.

## Current guidance [#current-guidance]

Ontario Regulation 257/00 sets communicable-disease and immunization
qualifications for emergency medical attendants and paramedics. It also
applies specified protections to students who attend or assist on ambulance
calls. The incorporated Ambulance Service Communicable Disease Standards list
the immunization requirements and diseases from which covered individuals
must be free.

The program's declaration is an administrative way to collect evidence for
those requirements. The regulation and standard do not create one universal
student form.

## CareCard validity [#carecard-validity]

CareCard's current catalogue default is 365 days. The applicable academic
year, declaration version, and update instruction shown on your assigned
requirement control.

## Sources [#sources]

* [Ontario Regulation 257/00 under the Ambulance Act](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/000257)
* [Ontario Ambulance Service Communicable Disease Standards](https://www.ontario.ca/document/patient-care-documents-reference/ambulance-service-communicable-disease-standards)
* The health-status declaration supplied by your paramedic program