Registration Committee
In order to meet the registration requirements for an Independent Practice certificate of registration, it is expected that the applicant has successfully completed a College approved clinical exam. Previously this was the national Physiotherapy Competency Exam (PCE –Clinical) and moving forward this will also include the Ontario Clinical Exam.
A number of individuals have applied for an Independent Practice Certificate of Registration without successfully completing a College approved clinical exam. These applications have to be referred to the Registration Committee for review unless the applicant met the Examination Exemption Policy approved by the Committee.
Every application before the Registration Committee is dealt with on its own merits. However, it may assist applicants in deciding how to proceed with their application to know that the Registration Committee has historically either:
- refused to issue an independent practice certificate of registration, or
- directed the issuance of an independent practice certificate of registration with terms, condition and limitations including direct (side by side) supervision, moving to a modified supervision model and successful completion of the OCE at the first opportunity available.
Given that dates for the OCE have been confirmed and more will be released soon, applicants are encouraged to secure their exam date as soon as possible. The Registration Committee pathway does take 4-6 months to go through and applicants should not assume that they will be exempted from the OCE.
Further, it is important for applicants to know that if the Committee refuses to issue the applicant an Independent Practice Certificate of Registration, this may need to be disclosed to other regulatory bodies if the candidate chooses to apply for registration in another jurisdiction.