General Certificate of Registration
4. (1) The following are non-exemptible requirements for a general certificate of registration: 1. The applicant must have one of the following: i. A baccalaureate degree in health sciences (midwifery) from a university in Ontario. ii. A degree, diploma or certificate from a program listed in Schedule 1. iii. Qualifications equivalent to the degree referred to in subparagraph i. 2. The applicant must have the following clinical experience: i. Current clinical experience consisting of active practice for at least two years out of the four years immediately prior to the application. ii. Attendance at at least sixty births, of which, A. at least forty shall have been as primary midwife, B. thirty shall have been attended as part of the care provided to a woman in accordance with the principles of continuity of care, C. ten shall have been in hospital, and D. ten shall have been in a residence or remote clinic or remote birth centre, of which five will have been as primary midwife. 3. The applicant must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or authorized under the Immigration Act (Canada) to engage in employment in Canada. 4. The applicant must provide the College with the following evidence of having obtained protection from professional liability: i. evidence that the applicant is a member of the Association of Ontario Midwives, or ii. if the applicant is not a member of the Association of Ontario Midwives and the Association charges fees to non-members to enable them to obtain professional liability insurance otherwise available only to members of the Association of Ontario Midwives, evidence that the applicant has paid such fees. (2) For the purposes of subparagraph iii of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), an applicant’s qualifications are equivalent to the baccalaureate degree in health sciences (midwifery) from a university in Ontario, if the College establishes by means of a prior learning assessment that such qualifications have afforded to the applicant sufficient preparation in the areas listed in Schedule 2 that the applicant will be able to practise safely and competently in accordance with the regulations and the standards of practice of the College and be able to work without supervision as a primary caregiver in a hospital, residence, remote clinic or remote birth centre. (3) Paragraph 2 of subsection (1) does not apply to an applicant who, within the two years immediately preceding the date of application, satisfied the educational requirements in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) or successfully completed a supervised practice approved by the Council. (4) The following are conditions of a general certificate of registration: 1. The member’s certificate of registration is revoked if the member ceases to be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada or if the member’s authorization under the Immigration Act (Canada) to engage in employment is revoked. 2. The member’s certificate of registration is revoked if the member fails to carry on an active practice in accordance with section 5. 3. The member’s certificate of registration is revoked if the member ceases to provide evidence of having obtained protection from professional liability as required under paragraph 4 of subsection (1). (5) On or after January 31, 1994, it is an additional condition of a general certificate of registration that the member’s certificate of registration is revoked if the member fails to provide evidence satisfactory to the College of continuing competency in neonatal resuscitation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. O.Reg. 867/93, s. 4.