O. Reg. 282/23: GENERAL

 

ontario regulation 282/23

made under the

Dietetics Act, 1991

Made: August 1, 2023
Approved: August 17, 2023
Filed: August 21, 2023
Published on e-Laws: August 21, 2023
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 9, 2023

Amending O. Reg. 593/94

(GENERAL)

1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 593/94 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4. Emergency.

2. Section 10 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “The following” at the beginning and substituting “Subject to section 10.1, the following”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

10.1 A member who applies for registration for a temporary certificate of registration under section 18.4 is not required to satisfy the term, condition and limitation in paragraph 3 of section 10.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

Emergency Certificates

18.1 The following are additional non-exemptible requirements for the issuance of an emergency certificate of registration:

1. The Minister must have requested that the College initiate registrations under this class based on the Minister’s opinion that emergency circumstances call for it, or the Council must have determined, after taking into account all of the relevant circumstances that impact the ability of applicants to meet the ordinary registration requirements, that there are emergency circumstances, and that it is in the public interest that the College issue emergency certificates.

2. The applicant must meet the requirements of section 6.

3. Although the applicant is not required to complete the registration examinations referred to in section 7, the applicant must not have failed them on any attempts.

18.2 It is an additional term, condition and limitation of an emergency certificate of registration that the member shall not supervise another member.

18.3 (1) Unless otherwise stated on the certificate, an emergency certificate of registration expires six months after it is issued, unless it is renewed.

(2) Unless otherwise stated on the certificate, a renewed emergency certificate of registration expires six months after it is renewed, unless it is renewed again.

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), an emergency certificate of registration expires 30 days after the earlier of,

(a) the date the Minister withdraws their request that emergency certificates of registration be issued or renewed; and

(b) the date the Council declares that the emergency circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 of section 18.1 have ended.

18.4 A member who holds an emergency certificate of registration and has done so for at least six months may be issued a certificate of registration in the temporary class despite not having met the requirements set out in paragraph 2 of section 9 if the member satisfies all other requirements for a temporary certificate of registration.

 

Commencement

5. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day subsection 3 (3) of Schedule 6 to the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:

Council of the College of Dietitians of Ontario:

Melanie Woodbeck

Registrar and Executive Director

Ann Watt

President

Date made: August 1, 2023