The Ministry of Health has posted a regulation on the Professional Regulation page of its website confirming they have made a final decision about the name of this college.
The final name is the same as the one that was proposed for feedback: The College of Health and Care Professionals of BC.
With the final name, we can advance work to create the college’s brand identity and begin building public awareness of the new college in the coming months.
CHCPBC has designed a comprehensive new approach to quality practice that includes continuing professional development, practice support, and quality assurance assessments. The Professional & Quality Practice Program (PQPP) will launch in fall 2026 and will apply to all nine professions regulated by the College.
Changes are coming to Schedule 10, Certified Practice in the CHCPBC Bylaws to remove the need for certification for some videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) certifications. When the bylaw amendments come into effect, speech-language pathologists can be involved in the provision of VFSS without regulatory limits or conditions as part of their scope of practice.
CHCPBC will host the HPOA Licensee Webinar Series. Each session in the series will focus on a different aspect of the Health Professions and Occupations Act and what it means for licensees. Recordings of the sessions will be made available.
CHCPBC’s Registration Committee includes both registrant members and public members. The College is recruiting for psychologist and school psychologist registrant members for this committee, with a view to ensure adequate diversity of perspectives, lived experience, and profession-specific expertise.
CHCPBC has compiled questions and answers about the College’s Fee Restructuring Project.
CHCPBC is seeking feedback on an additional part of draft bylaws for the College under the Health Professions and Occupations Act: Delegation. Feedback is due October 22, 2025. Feedback can also still be sent, until October 15, 2025, on two other parts of the draft bylaws: Continuing Professional Development and Professional Responsibilities.
Please be aware that strike action at Canada Post is impacting the delivery of mailed documents to CHCPBC. To ensure your correspondence reaches us, we encourage you to communicate with us through electronic means wherever possible.
CHCPBC has developed and posted the College’s first annual report. Titled “A New Beginning – Annual Report 2024/2025,” the report provides a comprehensive overview of CHCPBC’s first nine months of operation, from amalgamation on June 28, 2024 until March 31, 2025.
As we prepare to observe Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30, we are also looking ahead to the implementation of the HPOA, which will weave principles of reconciliation and anti-discrimination directly into the fabric of regulation.
CHCPBC is seeking feedback on two additional parts of draft bylaws for the College under the Health Professions and Occupations Act: Continuing Professional Development and Professional Responsibilities. Feedback is due October 15, 2025.