Registrant Newsletter: January 2025

The Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR) will launch a single licensure examination in 2026. The Canadian Physiotherapy Examination (CPTE) will replace the current two-exam model. For a limited time during the transition phase, applicants may pursue either the two-exam or single-exam pathway.

CHCPBC is seeking public and registrant members for three regulatory committees to ensure adequate diversity of perspectives, lived experience, and profession-specific expertise. The committees include: Inquiry Committee, Professional Practice and Standards Advisory Committee, and Registration Committee.

CHCPBC has compiled an overview of information about Non-Prescribed Hearing Aids (NPHAs). The overview includes information that Registered Hearing Instrument Practitioners and Registered Audiologists can provide to clients or members of the public if asked about access to Apple AirPods’ hearing health features.

Following a review by the CHCPBC Registration Committee, the College will no longer accept NBEO Exam results for the purpose of obtaining licensure to practise optometry in the province of British Columbia.

CHCPBC has compiled questions and answers about proposed amendments to CHCPBC Bylaws to align renewal cycles for registration, certification, and health profession corporations to March 31, across all nine professions regulated by CHCPBC.

CHCPBC has compiled questions and answers about the College’s fees.

The Alliance of Canadian Dietetic Regulatory Bodies, the national group of dietetic regulatory bodies across Canada, is undertaking a review of the exam process and outcomes for the Canadian Dietetic Registration Examination (CDRE).

Between February 10 and April 10, 2025, CHCPBC will not accept new applications for registration for the psychology profession.

CHCPBC will honour Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30 by reflecting on the College’s commitment to Indigenous cultural safety, humility, anti-racism, reconciliation, and decolonization.

The Board gathered for a Coast Salish blanketing ceremony to mark the formation of CHCPBC and to acknowledge its commitment to reconciliation and decolonization.