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O. Reg. 220/24: REGISTRATION
filed June 4, 2024 under Medicine Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 30
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made under the
Medicine Act, 1991
Made: March 1, 2024
Approved: May 30, 2024
Filed: June 4, 2024
Published on e-Laws: June 4, 2024
Published in The Ontario Gazette: June 22, 2024
Amending O. Reg. 865/93
(REGISTRATION)
1. Ontario Regulation 865/93 is amended by adding the following sections:
Physician Assistants – General
9.1 (1) The standards and qualifications for a certificate of registration authorizing practice as a physician assistant are as follows:
1. The applicant must have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree evidencing the successful completion of a program designed to educate and train persons to be practising physician assistants which was,
i. accredited by the Canadian Medical Association or Accreditation Canada at the time the applicant graduated,
ii. accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) at the time the applicant graduated,
iii. accredited by another accrediting body approved by the Council at the time the applicant graduated, or
iv. otherwise approved by the Council.
2. The applicant must hold at least one of the following certifications as a physician assistant:
i. Canadian Certified Physician Assistant (CCPA) certification by the Physician Assistant Certification Council of Canada (PACCC).
ii. Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) (US).
iii. Another certification approved by the Council.
(2) During the 24 months following the day this section comes into force, paragraph 1 of subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an application for a certificate of registration authorizing practice as a physician assistant where,
(a) the applicant successfully completed the Canadian Armed Forces Health Training Centre Physician Assistant Program or the Ontario Physician Assistant Integration Program by the Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals Educated Abroad; and
(b) the applicant is able to satisfy the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee that the applicant engaged in practice in Canada within the scope of a physician assistant during the two-year period that immediately preceded the date that the applicant submitted their application.
9.2 (1) Where section 22.18 of the Health Professions Procedural Code applies to an applicant for a certificate of registration authorizing practice as a physician assistant, the applicant is deemed to have met the requirements of subsection 9.1 (1).
(2) Where an applicant to whom subsection (1) applies is unable to satisfy the Registrar or a panel of the Registration Committee that the applicant practised the profession of medicine to the extent that would be permitted by a certificate of registration authorizing practice as a physician assistant at any time in the three years immediately preceding the date of that applicant’s application, the applicant must meet any further requirement to undertake, obtain or undergo material additional training, experience, examinations or assessments that may be specified by a panel of the Registration Committee.
(3) Despite subsection (1), an applicant is not deemed to have met a requirement if that requirement is described in subsection 22.18 (3) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.
Emergency Circumstances Practice – Physician Assistants
9.3 (1) The standards and qualifications for a certificate of registration authorizing practice in emergency circumstances for physician assistants are as follows:
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 of registration.
2. The applicant must have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree evidencing the successful completion of a program designed to educate and train persons to be practising physician assistants which was,
i. accredited by the Canadian Medical Association or Accreditation Canada at the time the applicant graduated,
ii. accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) at the time the applicant graduated,
iii. accredited by another accrediting body approved by the Council at the time the applicant graduated, or
iv. otherwise approved by the Council.
3. The applicant must have any other standard or qualification that the Council has identified as necessary in order for holders of emergency certificates of registration for physician assistants to assist in addressing the determined emergency circumstances.
(2) The requirements of paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of subsection (1) are non-exemptible.
(3) It is a term, condition and limitation of a certificate of registration authorizing practice in emergency circumstances for physician assistants that,
(a) the certificate expires the earlier of,
(i) one year from the date the certificate was issued or renewed, and
(ii) the 90th day after the Council declares that the emergency circumstances have ended; and
(b) the holder must adhere to any other terms, conditions and limitations that the Council has identified as necessary in order for holders of emergency certificates of registration for physician assistants to assist in addressing the determined emergency circumstances.
(4) The Registrar may renew a certificate of registration authorizing practice in emergency circumstances for one or more periods, each of which is not to exceed one year, if the Council has not declared that the emergency circumstances have ended.
9.4 An applicant who, in the year immediately preceding their application for a certificate of registration authorizing practice as a physician assistant, has held a certificate of registration issued by the College authorizing practice in emergency circumstances for physician assistants, is exempt from the standards and qualifications required under clause 2 (2) (c), but only in respect of payment of the relevant application fee, not in respect of payment of the annual membership fee.
Commencement
2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario’s Health System Act, 2021 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.
Made by:
Pris par :
Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario:
Le Conseil de l’Ordre des médecins et chirurgiens de l’Ontario :
Nancy Whitmore
Ian Preyra
Board Chair
Date made: March 1, 2024
Pris le : 1er mars 2024