CHCPBC 2024/2025 Annual Report

CHCPBC 2024/2025 Annual Report

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.

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Prioritizing anti-discrimination

Prioritizing anti-discrimination

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.

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Moving toward harmonized practice standards

Moving toward harmonized practice standards

Work has started, with the assistance of an external consultant, to map the content of all current CHCPBC practice standards and to work toward a single set of harmonized standards for all registrants. We recognize that some requirements are profession-specific and we will ensure that content is not lost.

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New health profession legislation comes into force on April 1, 2026

New health profession legislation comes into force on April 1, 2026

The Ministry of Health has announced that the Health Professions Act will be repealed on April 1, 2026 and replaced by the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA). The BC Government has also posted updated regulations to align with the HPOA. The regulations will add new health professions to BC’s health regulatory framework. On November 29, 2027, psychotherapists will be regulated by CHCPBC.

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Developing a new Quality Assurance Program (QAP)

Developing a new Quality Assurance Program (QAP)

CHCPBC is moving forward with the development of a modernized and unified approach to a Quality Assurance Program (QAP). The program will support quality practice of more than 16,000 health and care professionals in nine professions and be consistent with the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) when it is brought into force.

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Honouring National Indigenous History Month

Honouring National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month. This month presents an opportunity to celebrate Indigenous brilliance. This month we also encourage you to learn. At CHCPBC, we are doing our part to dismantle Indigenous-specific racism in the healthcare system. We are identifying where Indigenous-specific racism shows up in our regulatory processes and we choose to be an actively anti-racist organization.

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CHCPBC 2024/2025 Annual Report

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.

Prioritizing anti-discrimination

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.

Moving toward harmonized practice standards

Work has started, with the assistance of an external consultant, to map the content of all current CHCPBC practice standards and to work toward a single set of harmonized standards for all registrants. We recognize that some requirements are profession-specific and we will ensure that content is not lost.

New health profession legislation comes into force on April 1, 2026

The Ministry of Health has announced that the Health Professions Act will be repealed on April 1, 2026 and replaced by the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA). The BC Government has also posted updated regulations to align with the HPOA. The regulations will add new health professions to BC’s health regulatory framework. On November 29, 2027, psychotherapists will be regulated by CHCPBC.

Developing a new Quality Assurance Program (QAP)

CHCPBC is moving forward with the development of a modernized and unified approach to a Quality Assurance Program (QAP). The program will support quality practice of more than 16,000 health and care professionals in nine professions and be consistent with the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) when it is brought into force.