Provisional Practising Certificate of Registration
5. (1) The following are non-exemptible registration requirements for a provisional practising certificate of registration: 1. The applicant must, i. have a degree in Occupational Therapy described in Schedule 1 or an academic qualification considered equivalent by the College from a program or institution outside Ontario, or be found by the Registration Committee to require minimal educational upgrading to achieve an equivalent status, or ii. have a diploma in Occupational Therapy granted not later than 1973 by the University of Toronto or a diploma in Occupational Therapy granted not later than 1968 by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy. 2. The applicant must have completed a minimum of 1,000 hours fieldwork or clinical practicum approved by the College. 3. Where the applicant completes the requirements in paragraphs 1 and 2 more than eighteen months before the date the application is made, evidence of one of the following must be provided, i. completion of at least 750 hours of service within the scope of practice of the profession in the three years prior to the application date, ii. completion of at least 1,550 hours of service within the scope of practice of the profession in the five years prior to the application date, iii. successful completion within the previous eighteen months of a refresher or upgrading program approved by the College. 4. The applicant must be employed by, or have an appointment with, an Ontario institution described in Schedule 2, a private organization where registered general practising therapists are employed or are available to supervise the member or must have an offer of such employment or appointment. 5. The applicant must provide evidence satisfactory to the Registrar that he or she has professional liability insurance that includes a sexual abuse therapy and counselling fund endorsement that, i. provides coverage for funding for therapy and counselling for every person eligible for funding under clause 85.7 (4) (a) of the Health Professions Procedural Code on the basis of a finding by a panel of the Discipline Committee that the person, while a patient, was sexually abused by the applicant, and ii. provides coverage, in respect of each such eligible person, for the maximum amount of funding that may be provided for the person under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 for therapy and counselling as a result of sexual abuse by the applicant. O. Reg. 835/93, s. 5 (1); O. Reg. 118/94, s. 2; O. Reg. 224/95, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 228/96, s. 4 (1). (1.1) For the purpose of subparagraph i of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), an academic qualification is equivalent if the curriculum includes courses within the basic sciences, the behavioral sciences, the clinical sciences, the managerial sciences and occupational therapy theory, practice and fieldwork. O. Reg. 228/96, s. 4 (2). (2) The following are registration requirements for a provisional practising certificate of registration: 1. The applicant must be eligible to write the examination set by or approved by the College. 2. The applicant must sign an undertaking with the College to complete any additional requirements that may be required by the Registration Committee. O. Reg. 835/93, s. 5 (2). (3) The following are conditions of a provisional practising certificate of registration: 1. The member shall practise the profession under the supervision of an occupational therapist holding a general practising certificate of registration and, if required by the College, the member shall practise the profession only within the scope of his or her employment by, or appointment with, the institution set out in the certificate. 2. The member’s certificate of registration is automatically revoked on its second anniversary. 3. A member may be issued a general practising certificate of registration if, within two years of being issued a provisional practising certificate of registration, the member, i. passes the examination set or approved by the Council, ii. successfully completes any requirements that the Registration Committee may require, or iii. if requested by the Registration Committee, meets the requirements of subparagraphs i and ii. 4. The member shall have professional liability insurance that includes a sexual abuse therapy and counselling endorsement that provides the coverage described in paragraph 5 of subsection (1) and shall, on request, provide evidence of such insurance to the Registrar. O. Reg. 835/93, s. 5 (3); O. Reg. 224/95, s. 2 (2). (4) Despite subsection (1), an applicant for a provisional practising certificate of registration who applies within one year after the day this Regulation comes into force may be issued the certificate if the applicant meets the following non-exemptible registration requirements: 1. The applicant must hold a degree or diploma in occupational therapy from a school approved by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists or the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. 2. The applicant must have practised as an occupational therapist in Ontario. 3. The applicant must provide satisfactory evidence of an offer of employment or detailed plans about commencing practice as a self-employed occupational therapist in Ontario within one year after the day this Regulation comes into force. (5) A person who qualified for a provisional practising certificate under subsection (4) shall be issued a general practising certificate of registration if, in addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph 3 of subsection (3), the person satisfactorily completes a clinical practice review. (6) A member who qualifies for a general practising certificate of registration under paragraph 3 of subsection (3) or under subsection (5) has two years from the date his or her general certificate is issued to satisfy the condition in subsection 4 (3). O. Reg. 835/93, s. 5 (4-6).