Registrant Information
Registrant Information
This section provides information on managing your registration with the College.
Questions?
If you need assistance, please contact the Registration Team at registration@collegept.org or 1-800-583-5885 ext. 222.
Overview of Fees
Below is a complete list of registration and application fees as of April 1, 2024.
Application Fee: $114
Independent Practice Certificate of Registration: $648 (this fee will be pro-rated for applicants depending on when their application is approved)
Independent Practice Certificate of Registration – Cross Border: $113
Provisional Practice – Certificate of Registration: $85 (to be paid once application is approved)
Letter of Professional Standing: $58
Wall Certificate: $29
Fee Credits
Physiotherapists may be entitled to a receive a fee credit if they leave practice for longer than thee months between April 1 to December 31 for the following reasons:
- Parental leave
- Education leave
- Health-related leave
- Compassionate/bereavement/family-related leave
- Moving out of province
- Anyone who retires and then re-applies within one year
Fee credits are pro-rated by the day. In most cases, they expire 12 months from the date you resign. Fee credits for parental leave are valid for 18 months.
The fee credit will be applied automatically when you apply to re-activate your registration.
Going on Leave, Retiring or Resigning
Short-Term Leave
Physiotherapists who are planning a parental leave or a leave of absence for another reason, have two options to manage their registration with the College:
Resign Your Registration
If you wish to resign, please sign in to the PT Portal, then click My Profile and select Submit Resignation Notice. You may be eligible for a fee credit.
Please note, if you are a professional corporation shareholder and resign from the College, your professional corporation will no longer exist.
When/if you want to return, you will need to re-apply to the College. It could take up to 15 days for your application to be reviewed and processed.
You will also need to meet the requirements for registration in place at that time. For example, there may be exam requirements or expectations regarding how you can demonstrate your professional knowledge, skills, abilities and judgement.
If you are unable to meet these requirements, your application will be referred to the Registration Committee for review. The committee will decide if you should be granted a Certificate of Registration and if so, if there are any conditions necessary to ensure you have sufficient current practice knowledge to safely deliver physiotherapy care.
Professional Liability Insurance
Physiotherapists are responsible for ensuring they have professional liability insurance coverage for claims that are made even after they have stopped providing patient care. This type of coverage is called tail insurance. These claims can be made months, or in some cases years, after the care was provided.
The College’s by-laws require all physiotherapists to have tail insurance for a minimum of 10 years after they stop practicing.
Retiring physiotherapists are encouraged to check with their insurer to be certain appropriate ongoing coverage is in place.
Practice Hours
The College is responsible for ensuring physiotherapists maintain current knowledge and skills to practice safely and competently. Part of the way we do this is by making sure anyone with an Independent Practice Certificate of Registration has worked at least 1,200 practice hours over the previous five-year period.
Each year at annual renewal, you must declare the number of hours you practiced during the previous year. Following each renewal period, the College determines who has not met the 1,200 practice-hour requirement and follows up with each physiotherapist personally to discuss next steps.
Please note, practice hours can include more than just work you did with the specific job title of physiotherapist. Practice hours can be claimed from anywhere in the world.
Practice hours cannot be claimed for any time when you were on vacation, sick leave or on other leaves of absence.
Practice hours can include things like:
- Hours worked that you have been paid for (clinical settings, consultation, research, administration, academia or sales)
- Up to 30 hours of professional activity/development per year. Professional activity hours include volunteer activity that requires the use of physiotherapy theory and knowledge, continuing education and/or participation in the physiotherapy professional/regulatory organizations (College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, Ontario Physiotherapy Association, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators)
Definitions
- Direct Professional Services
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Proportion of the average practice hours spent per week on direct health professional services across all practice sites (e.g., conducting tests, patient care, health promotion, dispensing/building/repairing health apparatuses). This excludes clinical education hours (providing professional services while teaching).
- Administration
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Proportion of the average practice hours spent per week across all practice sites on administration in profession.
- Teaching
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Proportion of the average practice hours spent per week across all practice sites on teaching to prepare students for a health profession (e.g. post-secondary) excluding clinical education (providing professional services while teaching).
- Research
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Proportion of the average practice hours spent per week across all practice sites conducting research in profession.
- Clinical Education
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Proportion of the average practice hours spent per week on clinical education only (e.g., providing direct professional services while teaching) across all practice sites.
- All Other Areas
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Proportion of the average practice hours spent per week across all practice sites on all other areas in profession excluding direct professional services, teaching, research and administration.
- Number of Practice Weeks in the Past 12 Months
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Number of practice weeks in the past 12 months across all practice settings excluding vacation, on-call time, and sick and leave time greater than one week. Note, at least one practice day in a week constitutes a week of practice.
- Average Number of Weekly Practice Hours in the Past 12 Months
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Average number of practice hours per week across all practice sites. Hours indicated are inclusive of all practice hours (e.g., travel time to various settings, preparation and service provision, time spent working during on-call hours).
Hours should exclude any volunteer, extra-curricular time outside of the profession or any on-call hours where the individual was not working.
Professional Corporations
All physiotherapy professional corporations must be registered with the College and must be renewed annually.
Regulated health professionals, including physiotherapists, have the option of incorporating their practice as a professional corporation.
If you choose to form a professional corporation, you must first incorporate with the Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and then apply to the College for a Certificate of Authorization for a Health Profession Corporation. A corporation must have a Certificate of Authorization issued by the College in order for the corporation to practice in Ontario.
If you require legal or financial advice about incorporation, contact a lawyer or accountant. The College cannot give legal or business advice to registrants.
Important features of professional corporations:
- The name of the professional corporation must include the words “Professional Corporation” or “Société Professionelle” and “Physiotherapy” or “Physiothérapie.”
- All officers, directors and shareholders of the professional corporations must be physiotherapists and must be registered with the College.
- The professional corporation may not carry on a business other than the practice of physiotherapy.
- Professional liability is not limited by incorporation.
How to Incorporate a Physiotherapy Professional Corporation
- Consult a lawyer and/or accountant to see if incorporating is a good option for you.
- Contact Service Ontario to set up your business.
- After you receive your copies of the Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Incorporation and Corporation Profile Report, you should review the Professional Corporation Guide and Frequently Asked Questions.
- Sign in to the PT Portal and select “Apply for a Certificate of Authorization for Professional Corporation” from the top menu. Please note, the College no longer accepts application forms by mail, fax or email. There is a $774 application fee with a $277 annual renewal fee.
- Ensure the following documents are uploaded with your application form:
- Corporation Profile Report
- Signed shareholder undertaking for each shareholder of the corporation
- Certificate and Articles of Incorporation
- It may take up to 15 business days to review your application. If your application is missing information, the Registration Team will contact you. Once an application is considered complete, it can take an additional five business days to process.
- Once your application is approved, you will receive an email from the College’s Registration Team that includes your Certificate of Authorization Number. If you have requested a hard copy of your Certificate of Authorization, you will be asked to pay the $29 fee. When this fee is paid, you will be mailed a certificate within 10 business days.
- Renew your Certificate of Authorization for your professional corporation annually in the PT Portal. The renewal fee is $277. You will receive an email from the College reminding you to review. You must submit a Corporation Report that you will get from Service Canada each year in order to renew. To check that your Certificate of Authorization is updated, please check the Public Register and review your expiry date.
- If you do not complete your renewal by the specified date, you will receive an email from the College indicating you have an extra 60 days to do so. If your renewal is not complete after 60 days, the College will revoke your Certificate of Authorization. This revocation will appear permanently on the College’s Public Register.
How to Roster for Controlled Acts
Rostering for a controlled act is a process where physiotherapists add their names to a list indicating they have the required training, education and experience to safely perform a higher-risk activity.
Physiotherapists must roster online for each controlled act they perform in their practice, including:
- Tracheal suctioning
- Spinal manipulation
- Acupuncture (including dry needling)
- Treating a wound below the dermis
- Pelvic internal exams (this includes putting an instrument, hand or finger, beyond the labia majora, or beyond the anal verge)
- Administering a substance by inhalation
Rostering information appears on a physiotherapist’s profile on the Public Register.
It is not necessary to roster for communicating a diagnosis as this is considered an essential competency for physiotherapists.
How to Roster Online
- Log in to the PT Portal.
- Select Rostered Activities from the menu on the left of the page. Click Create button to roster for a new activity. Activities must be rostered for individually by repeating this process.
- Select the controlled act you wish to roster for.
Indicate the year you completed training and how you received your training (i.e., formal or informal training program).
Describe the theory and practical portions of your education and how you were assessed.
Indicate the country where you received your training.
Indicate whether you have performed the activity in the last two years or completed education or training over the last two years.
Important: The End Date should be left blank. Providing an end date indicates that you no longer perform this controlled act.
- Complete a declaration indicating:
- The information provided is factual.
- You have the knowledge, skills and judgement necessary to perform the activity.
- You have reviewed and understand the related Controlled Acts and Restricted Standard.
- Click Submit. Your information is submitted, and you are automatically added to that online roster.
- Review your current roster status by clicking on Rostered Activities in the PT Portal or reviewing your profile on the Public Register.
Resources
Physiotherapy Act
Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)
Updating Your Employment/Practice Information
Physiotherapists must notify the College of any changes to their employment information, including address or phone number, within 30 days. The easiest way to do this is through the PT Portal.
If you have questions or need help, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Registration Team by calling 1-800-583-5885 ext. 222 or emailing registration@collegept.org. Phones are answered between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Quick Tips
Here’s what to do if:
For the Name of Work Site,search other – it’s on the second page of results – and select it. You will then be able to provide your missing work site’s name, location and phone number.
Please note, this information will not appear on the Public Register until the Registration Team has verified it. Once it has been verified, you will receive an email letting you know it now appears publicly.
To update the address and contact details for your workplace, you need to add an End Date (the day your location changed), as well as any other missing information, and click Save at the bottom of the page.
Then click Create to add an employment record for your new location. Your Start Date should be the day your location changed.
Select your new location for your work site, or otherif your new location does not appear in the drop-down list.
Send the updated phone number to registration@collegept.org. Ensure the phone number is a general number for the clinic and not your personal extension.
If your employer (the company that pays you) is different from your practice location (the physical location where you work), you must check this box and provide your employer’s information.
While you may have more than one area of practice at a specific worksite, we only require and accept one. Choose the one you think is best.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, you cannot. Because the Public Register is updated in real time, your employment’s start and end dates cannot appear to be later than today’s date. If you know you are starting a new job, or leaving a current one, please update your employment on the day that happens or shortly after. Don’t forget, you have an obligation to update your information within 30 days of a change at the latest.
If you are on leave from your employment, you must update your employment information by adding an End Date (this would be the date you went on leave).
When you return from your leave, you should then add a new employment entry, with the Start Date being the day you returned to work.
Please also update the Current Employment Status on your profile page if your new employment information has caused it to change (i.e., you were working in physiotherapy, but are now on leave).
Any employment information from before April 1, 2018 no longer appears on the Public Register, or in the PT Portal.
Please be assured we still have those records in our files. Please do not try to add any past employment that ended on or before March 31, 2018.
If you only deliver care at a patient’s home, you would answer No to this question.
If you see patients privately, no matter the location, you are operating a private practice, and you’ll need to update your information on the PT Portal.
You will also require a business address for the purposes of providing contact information to patients and third-party payers. If you don’t have a physical clinic, you can use your home address as the business address.
If you prefer not to have your home address listed on the Public Register, you can use a P.O. box, which you can rent from a post office or other facility.
No, the College cannot remove any employment information from your file. In addition to the information referred to in subsection 23 (2) of the Code, the name, business address, and business telephone number of each current and previous Place of Practice of the Member on or after April 1, 2018 are also required to remain on the Public Register and on file.
Glossary
- Service Provider (Physiotherapist)
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Major role is the direct delivery of care and services, including case management and/or consultation.
- Owner/Operator
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Major role is in management. Role may involve the management of a particular program, as in a first-level management position, up to a senior management position.
- Manager
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Major role is in the management of a particular team/group that delivers services.
- Consultant
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Major role is to provide advice on a given health care provider’s profession and/or services. Includes applications specialists.
- Administrator
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Major role is to provide administrative support.
- Instructor
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Major role is as an educator for a particular target group.
- Researcher
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Major role is in knowledge development and dissemination of research.
- Quality Manager
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Major role is the assurance and control of the quality of procedures and/or equipment.
- Case Manager
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Major role is to assist in the planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of medical services for a patient. The emphasis is on quality of care, continuity of services and cost-effectiveness.
- Salesperson
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Major role is in sales.
- Analyst
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Major role is to analyze health care information to support policy planning and health system measurement.
- Chief Executive Officer/Registrar
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Major role is to determine and formulate policies and to provide overall direction of companies or private-/public-sector organizations under the guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Involved in the planning, direction and coordination of day-to-day operations at the highest level of management with the help of assistant executives and staff managers.
- Advanced Practice Provider
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Major role is to provide services as an advanced clinical practitioner, with additional roles of researcher, educator and/or administrator, per job description.
- Coordinator
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Major role is to work with health care professionals, medical staff and patients to manage a patient’s health care plan.
- Director/Assistant Director
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Major role is an upper managerial/administrative position with little or no direct client service provision.
- Professional Leader
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Major role is to provide leadership in the professional practice in a direct care employment setting. Includes team leaders, head nurses and pharmacists in charge.
- Supervisor
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Major role is to provide leadership in the professional practice in a direct care employment setting. Includes team leaders, head nurses and pharmacists in charge.
- Other
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Position/title that is none of the above.
- Permanent
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Status with employer is permanent with an indeterminate duration (no specified end date) of employment and guaranteed or fixed practice hours per week.
- Temporary
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Status with employer is temporary with fixed duration of employment, based on a defined start and end date, and guaranteed or fixed practice hours per week.
- Casual
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Status with employer is on an as-needed basis, with employment that is not characterized by a guaranteed or fixed number of hours per week. There is no arrangement between employer and employee that the employee will be called to work on a regular basis.
- Self-Employed
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A person who operates their own economic enterprise in the profession. The individual may be the owner of a business or professional practice, or an individual in a business relationship in which they agree to perform specific work for a payer in return for payment.
- Other
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Employment category that is none of the above.
- Full-Time
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Official status with employer is full-time or equivalent, or usual hours of practice are equal to or greater than 30 hours per week.
- Part-Time
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Official status with employer is part-time, or usual hours of practice are less than 30 hours per week.
- Casual
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Status with employer is on an as-needed basis, with employment that is not characterized by a guaranteed or fixed number of hours per week. There is no arrangement between employer and employee that the employee will be called to work on a regular basis.
- General Hospital
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A health care facility that offers a range of inpatient and outpatient health care services (medical, surgical, etc.) to the target population. Includes specialty hospitals not otherwise classified.
- Hospital Satellite Clinic
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A facility owned by a hospital but operated at a distant site.
- Rehabilitation Facility
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A health care facility/hospital that has as its primary focus the post-acute, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation of individuals.
- Mental Health and Addiction Facility
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A community-based organization with a primary focus on mental health and substance use services, including assessment, treatment, education and support.
- Residential/Long-Term Care Facility
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A centre where residents require nursing and personal care on a continuous basis, with medical service as required. Includes residential care facilities, nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
- Assisted Living Residence
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Centre where residents require nursing and personal care on a continuous basis, with medical service as required.
- Group Living
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A place where people (most or all of whom are not related) live or stay overnight and use shared spaces. Includes group homes and shelters.
- Community Health Centre (CHC)
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A community-based organization that may be the first point of contact for clients, offering a range of primary health, social and/or other non-institutional-based services.
- Family Health Team (FHT)
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A medical office where primary care physicians (general practitioners or family physicians) or nurse practitioners provide primary health care to patients.
- Mobile Physiotherapy Service – Client’s Residence
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Place of work with a primary focus on providing services to support health care in the client’s or patient’s home.
- Mobile Physiotherapy Service – Client’s Workplace
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Place of work with a primary focus on providing services to support health care in the client’s or patient’s workplace.
- Ontario Health atHome
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Home and Community Care Support Services arrange all government-funded services and work with health care providers to enhance access and co-ordination for people who need care in their own homes in the community. Home and Community Care Support Services also provide information about local community support services, which are funded by Ontario Health, and can link people to these agencies to arrange services.
- Group Health Centre (Sault Ste. Marie only)
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An interdisciplinary practice in Sault Ste. Marie that includes physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and many other providers. The group provides comprehensive primary health care (PHC) services. The services are provided on a 24/7 basis through a combination of regular office hours, after-hours services, and access to a registered nurse through the Telephone Health Advisory Service (THAS). The group emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and chronic disease management based on local population health needs. The group must enroll patients.
- Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic
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A medical office where primary care physicians (general practitioners or family physicians) or nurse practitioners provide primary health care to patients.
- Private Practice/Clinic (Group Multidisciplinary)
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A practice offering care in multiple health disciplines.
- Private Practice/Clinic (Group – Physiotherapists Only)
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A health professional practice offering single-disciplinary care to patients, including specialty and allied health.
- Private Practice/Clinic (Solo)
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A community-based professional practice/business composed of a single practitioner who delivers health services. Clients typically come to the professional’s location to receive services. Administrative support staff may also be involved, however the health professional is the focus of service provision.
- Post-Secondary Educational Institution
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A post-secondary institution, either a university or equivalent institution or a college or equivalent institution, with a primary focus on the delivery of education.
- School or School Board
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A primary, elementary or secondary school (or equivalent institution), or the associated school board (or equivalent entity) that has responsibility for the governance and management of education.
- Children’s Treatment Centre (CTC)
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This centre is a community-based organization that serves children with physical disabilities and multiple special needs. The centre provides physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy along with other additional services. There are 20 CTCs in Ontario.
- Children’s Hospital
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A health care facility that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
- Cancer Centre
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A facility that specializes in services related to the treatment, prevention and research of cancer.
- Hospice
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A health care facility that focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient’s pain and symptoms, and on attending to their emotional and spiritual needs at the end of life.
- Home Clinic
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A place designated in the provider’s residence for official business purposes.
- Government
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A national, provincial, territorial, regional or municipal organization operated or funded by the government.
- Professional Association
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A formal organization of practitioners of a given profession that exists to act in the best interest of its members and to promote the profession.
- Regulatory Body
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A legal entity that is set up to serve the public interest by regulating the practice of a profession.
- Health-Related Business/Industry
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A health-related industry whose focus of activities is not the direct delivery of health care services but rather the health of workers, health-related product development or commercial activity outside of the health care system entirely.
- Board of Health or Public Health
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A government, health facility or organization department that administers programs focusing on the 5 primary functions of public health: population health assessment, health surveillance, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and health protection.
- Fitness Centre/Spa
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A facility that focuses on providing services related to health, fitness, beauty and relaxation.
- Correctional Facility
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A stand-alone organization/facility with a primary focus on treating and rehabilitating persons detained or on probation due to a criminal act.
- Military Base
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A facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches, which shelters military equipment and personnel and facilitates training and operations.
- Union
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A formal organization of workers who have come together to achieve common goals, such as protecting the integrity of their profession; improving safety standards; and attaining better wages, benefits (e.g., vacation, health care, retirement) and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers.
- Other Industry/Manufacturing and Commercial
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A business/industry whose focus of activities is not in the direct delivery of health care services, but rather the health of workers, health-related product development, or commercial activity outside of the healthcare system entirely.
- Other Place of Work
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Place of work that is none of the above.
- Administration
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The efficient organization of people, information and other resources to achieve organizational objectives.
- Care Coordinator
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The management of patient or client services across the health care continuum, specifically the coordination of multiple services as required for client or patient.
- Consultation – Medical/Legal Related
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Expert guidance on medicolegal issues associated with client or patient care.
- Health Policy
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Policy research, planning and development for Canada’s health systems and health care professions.
- Informatics/Health Information
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Analysis of quantitative and qualitative health information to help facilitate health care delivery, patient safety and health, and decision-making within and across health care facilities and organizations.
- Quality Management
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Focus of activities is on the assurance of the operational integrity, based on compliance with staffing, technical and organizational requirements.
- Regulation
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Regulating health professions in the public interest.
- Supervision
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Supervising staff and/or the delivery of direct care services.
- Amputations
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with missing or damaged limbs or the use of prosthetic devices.
- Burns Care
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with burns.
- Cancer Care
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Clinical services provided to clients or patients with cancer-related health problems.
- Cardiology/Cardiovascular
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with disorders of the heart, the blood vessels and some parts of the circulatory system.
- Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
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Preventive and management services and ongoing care and treatment provided to clients or patients impacted by chronic diseases.
- Chronic Pain
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Ongoing care and support provided to clients or patients impacted by chronic pain.
- Cognitive Disorders
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Care, services and/or treatment focusing on any disorder that significantly impairs the cognitive function of an individual, including learning, memory, perception and problem-solving (e.g., dementia care).
- Continuing Care/Long-Term Care
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Services provided primarily to clients with continuing health conditions for extended periods of time (e.g. long-term care or home care).
- Critical Care/ICU
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Care, services and/or treatment dealing with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening.
- Dermatology
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with skin, hair, nail and some cosmetic problems.
- Developmental Habilitation/Disabilities
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with a developmental disability (mental and/or physical).
- Diabetes Care
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with diabetes.
- Emergency
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention.
- Ergonomics
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Services provided with the purpose of optimizing human interactions with a system (e.g., tools, equipment, products, tasks, organization, technology, environment) through the assessment of human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity.
- General Practice
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Care, services and/or treatment in the general practice of the health profession.
- Geriatrics
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Care, services and/or treatment focusing on the health care of older adults.
- Hand Therapy
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with conditions affecting the hands and upper extremities.
- Health Promotion and Wellness
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Services provided with the purpose of improving the health of clients or patients through functions of health promotion, health protection, health surveillance and population health assessment.
- Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
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Services are provided to primarily prevent and control health-care associated infections and other epidemiological significant organisms. This includes providing services to reduce the risk, spread and incidence of infections in populations. This includes pandemic planning.
- In-patient Rehabilitation
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to enable clients or patients to maintain or promote their physical, mental, psychosocial, vocational and/or economic abilities. Includes physical rehab, vocational rehab and restorative care.
- Mental Health Care
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with a variety of mental health issues that require interventions focusing on maintaining/optimizing the performance of the life of an individual.
- Military Medicine
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to military members in relation to issues, risks, injuries and diseases that arise due to the specific occupational conditions.
- Musculoskeletal
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with a variety of musculoskeletal health issues (i.e., injuries and diseases affecting the muscles, bones and joints of the limbs and spine).
- Neurology/Neuroscience
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with a variety of neurological health issues (i.e., diseases involving the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems).
- Occupational Health
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Clinical services provided to employees in defined businesses or industries.
- Orthopedics
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with injuries/disorders of the skeletal system, its articulations and its associated structures.
- Palliative Care
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Care, services and/or treatment provided with the aim of relieving suffering and improving the quality of life for persons who are living with or dying from advanced illness or who are bereaved.
- Patient Safety
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Preventing and reducing risks, errors and harms that occur to clients or patients during provision of health care.
- Pediatrics
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Care, services and/or treatment provided in a facility or in the community to infants, children and adolescents.
- Pelvic Health
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with varying pelvic health concerns.
- Plastics
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with reconstructive and restorative surgery.
- Primary Care
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients focusing on their overall health and well-being. First point of care.
- Public Health
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients in the 5 primary functions of public health: population health assessment, health surveillance, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and health protection.
- Respirology/Cardio-respiratory
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with respiratory-related health problems (other than critical care).
- Return to Work Rehabilitation
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Services provided with the purpose of enabling clients to return to work.
- Rheumatology
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with inflammatory or degenerative processes and metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures, such as arthritis.
- Sports Medicine
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with sport-related injuries.
- Substance Use Service
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to individuals, groups or communities whose primary concern is substance use.
- Surgery
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with a variety of health problems that require surgical intervention.
- Trauma
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to patients suffering from major traumatic injuries such as falls, motor vehicle collisions or gunshot wounds.
- Vestibular Rehabilitation
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with vestibular disorders or symptoms, characterized by dizziness; vertigo; and trouble with balance, posture, and vision.
- Wounds Management Service
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Care, services and/or treatment provided to clients or patients with physical health issues associated with wounds.
- Client/Patient Education
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Education and resources for clients or patients on care, services and/or treatment (including caregivers and families).
- Other Teaching
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Areas of Teaching not otherwise listed.
- Physiotherapy-Related Continuing Education Teaching
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Focus of activities is directed at providing continuing education to physiotherapists.
- Staff Education
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Staff development and training, including continuing education.
- Teaching (Physiotherapy Entry-Level)
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Focus of activities is directed at providing post-secondary teaching to individuals registered in formal education programs.
- Advocacy
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Promoting the interests or cause of a health profession with the aim of influencing decisions in political, economic and social institutions.
- Sales
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The sale of profession-related equipment and/or products.
- Research
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Focus of activities is in knowledge development and dissemination of research including clinical and non-clinical.