I am only working for part of the registration year. How should I manage my annual registration?
If you want to practice for a portion of the year starting in April, you must renew your certificate of registration. When you have completed practicing during the year, you can resign your certificate of registration and have a part of your fees saved to credit against your registration fees, if you apply to reinstate your certificate of registration within one year.
Fee credits will only be issued for resignations taking place before December 31. Resignations in the last three months of the registration year (January 1 to March 31) will not receive fee credits.
What kind of activities can count towards practice hours?
- Physiotherapy Practice includes employment or other activities resulting from the possession of physiotherapy credentials and experience. Practice hours include worked hours that are paid and professional activity hours.
- Worked Hours include hours of practice in clinical settings, consultation, research, administration, academia, and sales. It is not necessary to have the job title of Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist. You cannot claim hours related to vacation, sick leave, statutory holidays, leaves of absence and special leaves.
- Professional Activity Hours include hours of volunteer activity which require the use of physiotherapy theory and knowledge, continuing education hours and/or participation in the physiotherapy professional/regulatory organizations (The College, OPA, CPA, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR)). No more than 30 professional activity hours may be counted toward total practice hours each year.
*Please be aware that you cannot claim practice hours for any time when you are on vacation, sick leave or on other leaves of absence.
It is not necessary to have the specific job title of Physiotherapist or Physical Therapist or PT to claim practice hours. Practice hours can be claimed from anywhere in the world.
How many practice hours do I need to renew my registration?
Independent Practice Certificate holders are required to have 1,200 practice hours within the previous five calendar years to renew their registration, unless you have completed the Physiotherapy Competency Exam or just registered with the College for the first time in the last five years.
Each year at annual renewal you must declare the number of hours you practiced the previous year. Following each renewal period (April 2024 in this case), the College determines who has not met the 1,200 practice hours requirement and we follow up with each physiotherapist personally to discuss potential next steps.
For instance, for 2024-2025, the College will review your reported practice hours from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023 to ensure you have 1,200 practice hours.
If you haven't completed the clinical exam within the last five years, the College will review your reported practice hours from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2024 to ensure you have 1,200 practice hours.
You are asking for detailed information about my practice hours. I have not recorded this information for 2023. How should I answer this question?
The College is required to submit this information to the Ministry of Health. Please estimate this information to the best of your ability for 2023.
Why can I only see my past employers from last year? I’ve been a PT for 20 years and have worked for many different employers. I’m worried.
No need to worry! The College keeps a complete record of all of your prior employment in our files. However, for the purposes of the Public Register, only your employment from April 1, 2018 onward will appear.
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