Registered Psychotherapist class, registration requirements
 6. (1) Subject to section 7 and subsection 13 (2), the following are non-exemptible registration requirements for a Registered Psychotherapist certificate of registration: 1.  The applicant must, i.  have successfully completed a program in psychotherapy that has been approved by the Registration Committee or by a body that is approved by the Registration Committee for that purpose, ii.  have been awarded a master’s degree in a program that has been approved by the Registration Committee or by a body that is approved by the Registration Committee for that purpose, iii.  have successfully completed a program that the Registration Committee considers to be substantially equivalent to a program referred to in subparagraph i or ii, or iv.  have such other education and training, which must include one or more programs in psychotherapy, together with any further education or training, or combination of education and training, that when taken together evidences, in the opinion of the Registration Committee, successful completion of a program that is substantially equivalent to a program referred to in subparagraph i or ii. 2.  The applicant must have successfully completed the registration examinations set or approved by the Registration Committee. 3.  The applicant must have successfully completed clinical experience in psychotherapy that includes at least 450 hours of direct patient contact and at least 100 hours of clinical supervision where that clinical supervision relates to those hours of direct patient contact. 4.  The applicant must have completed, no earlier than two years before the date of his or her application, the jurisprudence course that was set or approved by the Registration Committee. (2) Except in the case of an applicant to whom subsection 9 (1) applies, if the applicant has not completed all the applicable requirements set out in paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection (1) within the one-year period immediately before the date that the applicant submitted his or her application, the applicant must, (a)  have completed at least 750 currency hours during the three-year period that immediately preceded the date that the applicant submitted his or her application; or (b)  have successfully completed such upgrading activities as approved by a panel of the Registration Committee. (3) No program may be approved under paragraph 1 of subsection (1) unless one of the core components of the program is designed to develop competency in the safe and effective use of self in a psychotherapeutic relationship. (4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the requirement in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) is not considered to have been met unless the applicant, (a)  sits his or her first attempt at the examinations within the 24-month period following the date on which he or she submitted his or her application for registration unless a panel of the Examination Committee is satisfied that exceptional circumstances prevented the applicant from taking the registration examination within this period; (b)  sits his or her final attempt at the examinations within the five-year period following the date on which he or she submitted his or her application for registration unless a panel of the Examination Committee is satisfied that exceptional circumstances prevented the applicant from taking the registration examinations within this period; and (c)  successfully completes the examinations, (i)  within two attempts, or (ii)  on a third attempt after having first successfully completed such further upgrading, if any, required by a panel of the Examination Committee. (5) Where, by virtue of clause (4) (a) or (b), an applicant is not considered to have met the requirement in paragraph 2 of subsection (1), the successful completion of the examinations on any further attempt will not be considered as satisfying the requirements in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) unless, before sitting the examinations, the applicant submits a new application for a certificate of registration. (6) Where, by virtue of clause (4) (c), an applicant is not considered to have met the requirement in paragraph 2 of subsection (1), the successful completion of the examinations on any further attempt will not be considered as satisfying the requirements in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) unless, before sitting the examinations, the applicant completes another program mentioned in paragraph 1 of subsection (1). (7) In order to qualify as clinical experience for the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection (1), the hours of clinical experience must be undertaken subsequent to the applicant’s commencement of the program, education or training referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1).