Under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, all health professions were mandated to submit proposed regulations to the Ministry of Health in order to create an emergency class of registration. The emergency class came into effect on August 31, 2023.
With these new provisions in effect, the College’s Council or the government could request the College to issue certificates of registration under the emergency class if it is in the public interest to do so.
While it is unlikely that health professions will need to rely on the emergency class in the near future, Council has approved a new policy that would allow the College to operationalize this new class of certificate in an event of an emergency.
The Emergency Class Policy describes the circumstances when the College can issue emergency class certificates, how the emergency will continue to be assessed, and what happens when the emergency is considered to be resolved.
You can read the new Emergency Class Policy on the College’s website.
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