O. Reg. 292/23: GENERAL

 

 

ontario regulation 292/23

made under the

Occupational Therapy Act, 1991

Made: July 31, 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. 226/96

(GENERAL)

1. Section 33 of Ontario Regulation 226/96 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4. Emergency certificate.

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

Emergency Certificate of Registration

38.1 (1) The following are non-exemptible requirements for 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 registration requirements of subsections 36 (1) to (3) with the exception of paragraph 3 of subsection 36 (1) and paragraph 1 of subsection 36 (3).

3. The applicant must provide evidence of,

i. completion of at least 300 hours of service within the scope of practise of the profession in the five years before the date of application, or

ii. successful completion within the previous 18 months of a refresher course accepted by the Registration committee.

(2) The following are conditions of an emergency certificate of registration:

1. The member shall at all times when providing occupational therapy services identify themselves as an emergency certificate member.

2. The member shall only practise the profession while under the supervision of a member in the general class.

3. The member shall be restricted to the use of the title “Occupational Therapist (Emergency Class)” or “OT (Emerg. Class)”.

(3) An emergency certificate of registration expires, unless stated otherwise on the certificate, six months after it is issued, unless it is renewed.

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

(5) Despite subsections (3) and (4), an emergency certificate expires on the earlier of any of the following:

1. Three months after the date the Council declares that the emergency circumstances in which it is in the interest of the public to issue and renew emergency certificates of registration have ended.

2. The date the member is issued a general practising certificate of registration.

3. The date the member is issued a provisional practising certificate of registration.

(6) A person who holds an emergency certificate of registration, or held an emergency certificate of registration within the six months prior to applying for a general practising certificate of registration, may be issued a general practising certificate of registration despite not having met the requirement set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 36 (1), if the person,

(a) applies for a general practising certificate of registration; 

(b) satisfies all other requirements for the general practising certificate of registration; and

(c) provides satisfactory evidence, based on their practice for a period of at least six months in the emergency class, that they will practise competently and ethically even though practising without supervision.

3. 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 Occupational Therapists of Ontario:

Elinor Larney

Registrar & Chief Executive Officer

Teri Shackleton

Chair of the Board of Directors

Date made: July 31, 2023