Dietitians – Registrants

Renewal is open from March 1 to March 31.  Registration must be renewed annually to keep practicing as a dietitian.

Renewal can be completed through your online account.

Click on “Renew” and follow the prompts. If you wish to resign from the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC, please click on “Not Renewing” and contact the office to be “Removed in Good Standing”.

Pay your fees by VISA or MasterCard through the secure online link. Your payment must be received by CHCPBC by midnight, March 31.

Registration certificates and official income tax receipts are available to download and print in your online account under “Online Services/Certificates and Receipts”.

Late Renewal

Registrants who do not renew their registration by March 31 may not practice dietetics and call themselves a dietitian beginning April 1. An additional late registration fee is automatically added to the fee section on April 1 if you do not renew on time.

Resignation

If you are looking to resign from the CHCPBC register you may do so by logging into your online account and selecting “Not Renewing”. Your registration will remain effective until March 31 of the current registration year and you will continue to receive correspondence from the CHCPBC.

If you are planning to register in another jurisdiction through labour mobility, please contact us prior to your resignation.

Requirements

Criminal Record Check

All registrants must submit a criminal record check every 5 years. Registrants who need a re-check will be asked to consent to this requirement during registration renewal.

Jurisprudence Exam

All registrants must complete the Jurisprudence Examination the first time they register and then every 5 years. The Jurisprudence exam consists of 50 multiple choice questions on legislation and practice guidelines and serves as the College’s reference tool for dietitians practicing in BC. The Jurisprudence Guide gives registrants and the public information about the CHCPBC’s processes. The Guide is divided into four chapters that review legal, competent, ethical and safe dietetic practice in BC. Dietitians who must complete the JED will receive email notice from the College.

 Liability Insurance

All practicing registrants must have professional liability insurance in an amount of not less than 2 million dollars per occurrence. Liability insurance is mandatory for paid and volunteer dietetic practice.  Registrants may obtain liability insurance from:

• Employers/Health Authorities. Please verify this coverage meets the minimum requirement set in the CHCPBC bylaws. Remember this coverage may not include dietetic practice performed outside the employer/ Health Authority’s jurisdiction.
• Membership with Dietitians of Canada through LMS Prolink Ltd.
• Westland Insurance (formerly Sheppard Insurance Service Inc.) or
• Other private insurance providers

Continuing Competence program

All Full Registrants are required to comply with the annual continuing competence program. Annual continuing competence reporting is due March 31. Log in to your account to access the continuing competency program.

Non-practicing registrants and former registrants looking to return to practice (reinstate) are able to do so. Requirements, as listed below, vary depending on the number of year since Full Registration with CHCPBC/CDBC was last held.

Within 3 years

• Create an online application and pay reinstatement application fee.
• Within your online application, authorize and pay for a criminal record check (CRC). This check will be done through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
• Provide evidence of successfully meeting the Continuing Competence Program (CCP) requirement for reinstatement. Refer to Q16 of the Registration Q&A and to the CCP Reinstatement Video.
• Complete the Jurisprudence exam.
• Submit a notarized Statutory Declaration.
• Apply for Restricted Activities (if required).
• Pay Registration Fees.

Between 3 and 6 years

• Create an online application and pay reinstatement application fee.
• Write and successfully complete the CDRE.
• Complete the Jurisprudence exam.
• Within your online application, authorize and pay for a criminal record check (CRC). This check will be done through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
• Submit a notarized Statutory Declaration.
• Apply for Restricted Activities (if required).
• Pay Registration Fees.

After 6 years

• Be assessed by the Registration Committee for currency in dietetic skills, knowledge, abilities and judgement. Including online case studies, practical interview, academic and/or practical training upgrading determined by the Registration Committee.
• Write and successfully complete the CDRE.
• Create an online application and pay reinstatement application fee.
• Within your online application, authorize and pay for a criminal record check (CRC). This check will be done through the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
• Complete the Jurisprudence exam.
• Submit a notarized Statutory Declaration.
• Apply for Restricted Activities (if required).

Pay Registration Fees.

Restricted Activities are elements of the Dietitians’ scope of practice that present a significant risk of harm and are reserved to those professionals specifically qualified to perform them.

The Restricted Activities are:

• RA-A Design, compound or dispense therapeutic diets where nutrition is administered through enteral means.
• RA-B Design therapeutic diets where nutrition is administered through parenteral means.
• RA-C Administer a substance to a person by instillation through enteral means.
• RA-D Administer a substance to a person by instillation through parenteral means.

Interpretive Guide: Restricted Activities

Restricted Activites FAQ

Standards for Insertion of Nasal/Oral Feeding Tube

Declaration of Certification for Gastric (naso/oro) Feeding Tube Insertion

Declaration of Certification for Post-pyloric (naso/oro) Feeding Tube Insertion