General class, registration requirements
  5. (1) The following are non-exemptible registration requirements for a General certificate of registration: 1. The applicant must have, i. successfully completed, A. a program in naturopathy that is accredited by the Council on Naturopathic Medical Education or by another accrediting body that has been approved by Council, and B. such registration examinations that may be approved by Council and administered by a body approved by Council, or ii. successfully completed a program, other than one described in sub-subparagraph i A, together with an assessment, employing a method approved by Council, that evidences, in the opinion of a panel of the Registration Committee, that the applicant has the knowledge, skills and judgment equivalent to those of a person who has successfully completed a program and the examinations referred to in subparagraph i. 2. The applicant must have successfully completed the clinical examinations that are set or approved by Council. 3. The applicant must have successfully completed the jurisprudence examination that is set or approved by Council. O. Reg. 84/14, s. 5 (1). (2) Except in the case of an applicant to whom subsection 7 (1) applies, where the applicant has not submitted his or her application for a General certificate of registration and completed the requirements set out in sub-subparagraph 1 i B, where applicable, and paragraph 2 of subsection (1) within the two years immediately following the date that the applicant successfully completed the program referred to in paragraph 1 of subsection (1), the applicant must, (a) have practised the profession for at least 750 hours during the three-year period of time that immediately preceded the date that the applicant submitted his or her application; or (b) have successfully completed such further education or training as is approved by a panel of the Registration Committee. O. Reg. 84/14, s. 5 (2). (3) The requirement in paragraph 3 of subsection (1) shall not be considered to be met unless the applicant met that requirement within the 24-month period preceding the date on which he or she submitted his or her application for registration. O. Reg. 84/14, s. 5 (3). (4) Subject to subsection (5), the requirements in sub-subparagraph 1 i B, where applicable, and paragraph 2 of subsection (1) are not considered to have been met unless the applicant, (a) sits his or her final attempt at the examinations within the 24-month period preceding the date on which he or she submitted his or her application for registration unless a panel of the Registration Committee is satisfied that exceptional circumstances prevented the applicant from taking the registration examinations within this period; and (b) successfully completed the examinations, (i) within two attempts, or (ii) on a third attempt after having first successfully completed the further education or training, or combination of education and training, if any, required by a panel of the Registration Committee. O. Reg. 84/14, s. 5 (4). (5) Where, by virtue of subsection (4), an applicant is not considered to have met the requirements in sub-subparagraph 1 i B, where applicable, and paragraph 2 of subsection (1), the successful completion of the examinations on any further attempt will not be considered as satisfying the requirements in sub-subparagraph 1 i B, where applicable, and paragraph 2 of subsection (1) unless, before sitting the examinations, (a) the applicant completes another program mentioned in paragraph 1 of subsection (1); or (b) a panel of the Registration Committee is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist that justify the applicant being excused from the requirement in clause (a). O. Reg. 84/14, s. 5 (5).