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Practice Resources

Standards of Practice

Under section 19 of the Health Professions Act, the College Board may “establish standards, limits or conditions” for the practice of registrants. The College’s standards of practice and associated Clinical Decision Support Tools (CDST) are described in the Standards of Practice.

The Standards of Practice outline the minimum level of acceptable performance for registrants. The standards are enforceable under governing legislation as well as the core competencies for each profession regulated by the College. There are two types of standards:

Professional Standards

These are statements about levels of personal performance that registrants are required to achieve when practising. Professional Standards:

  • Reflect the values of professions regulated by the College
  • Clarify expectations of registrants as health care professionals
  • Represent the criteria against which practice in BC can be measured by clients, employers, colleagues, other registrants, and members of the public

Clinical Practice Standards

These are statements designed to guide a registrant’s practice with clients and set out levels of performance that registrants are required to achieve when practicing. The Clinical Practice Standards are complementary to the Professional Standards. Specific practice standards apply to clinical aspects of practice and to certain types of diagnoses, disorders, or conditions.

Notices to the Professions

The College has advised registrants of profession-specific information in the following Notices to the Professions:

Quality Assurance

Effective July 1, 2025, health professionals regulated by CHCPBC will not have to report legacy Quality Assurance Program (QAP) requirements to the College. This is to facilitate the design and development of a new QAP to improve client/patient outcomes, and support health professionals’ learning and performance. In 2026, registrants will participate in transitional activities that will introduce the new approach. The College appreciates registrants’ patience as we update website content to reflect the new QAP.

Questions about the QAP should be directed to qaprograms@chcpbc.org.

Online Learning Courses

CHCPBC online learning courses cover essential knowledge about regulatory requirements to support registrants and Communication Health Assistants (CHAs). 

Professional Practice Advisors

The College’s Professional Practice Advisors (PPAs) provide professional practice information to registrants to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, and to provide guidance on how practice standards and related documents can be implemented in practice. For more information on PPAs click here.

Competency Profiles

The College has agreed in principle to accept the following profile as core standards of practice for RAUD:

The profiles harmonize the registration processes of audiologists and speech-language pathologists across the regulated jurisdictions in Canada, enabling standardized outcomes, enhanced public safety, and improved labour mobility.

The competency profile includes a set of essential competencies and their related sub-competencies. Together, the components of the competency profiles detail the professional competencies required of each clinician upon entry-to-practice in Canada, with the goal of safe and effective practice.

Registered Audiologists

Registered Audiologists (RAUDs) are experts in the prevention, identification, assessment, treatment, and (re)habilitation of auditory and vestibular difficulties. Audiologists preserve and (re)habilitate auditory and vestibular functioning in individuals across the lifespan to improve their quality of life and maximize their participation in society.

After completion of a master’s degree in audiology, audiologists entering practice in Canada have the knowledge, skills, and judgment to provide services related, but not limited, to:

  • Auditory function
  • Vestibular function
  • Hearing conservation
  • Tinnitus, hyperacusis, and misophonia
  • Auditory processing disorders
  • Cerumen management
  • Prescribing and dispensing hearing aids (regulated separately in BC)
  • Assistive listening and alerting devices
  • Implantable hearing devices

Clinical Policies, Practice Guidelines, & Protocols

Clinical Policies

The following clinical policies are important resources for registrants to consult on a range of topics relevant to the practice of audiology, hearing instrument dispensing, and speech-language pathology:

Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols

Clinical practice guidelines and protocols provide recommendations to RAUDs, RHIPs, and RSLPs on delivering safe, high quality, and appropriate care to the public. The guidelines and protocols are developed under the direction of the College’s Quality Assurance (QA) Committee.

While the guidelines and protocols are mainly for RAUDs, RHIPs, and RSLPs, others such as health educators, health authorities, allied health organizations, and other regulated health professionals may also find them to be useful resources.

Infection Prevention & Control In The Practice Environment

The College has transitioned from providing registrants with guidance from provincial agencies for practising during the COVID-19 pandemic, to providing a set of fundamental safety practices that address overall infection prevention and control of communicable diseases in the practice environment.

Registrants are expected to take steps to prevent the transmission and infection of communicable diseases, including COVID-19, in the practice environment, including adhering to the following guiding principles and safety practices.

Guiding principles of infection prevention & control

Recommended guiding principles of infection prevention and control include:

  • Clients must not enter the clinic if they are sick and/or show signs of communicable disease.
  • Registrants must not enter the clinic and provide in-person care if they are sick and/or show signs of communicable disease.
  • Staff must not enter the clinic if they are sick and/or show signs of communicable disease.
  • Registrants and staff must follow proper hand hygiene.
  • A clean work environment must be maintained in the practice environment.
  • Adequate ventilation must be maintained in the practice environment.

Profession-specific resources