O. Reg. 227/03: REGISTRATION

 

ontario regulation 227/03

made under the

Medical radiation technology act, 1991

Made: May 16, 2003
Approved: May 28, 2003
Filed: May 29, 2003
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 14, 2003

Amending O. Reg. 866/93

(Registration)

1. (1) Subsection 1 (2) of Ontario Regulation 866/93 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

4. Magnetic resonance.

(2) Section 1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) A member may be authorized to practise more than one specialty if the member has satisfied the registration requirements for each specialty.

2. (1) Paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

2. The applicant must not have been the subject of a finding of professional misconduct, incompetency or incapacity in relation to the profession or another health profession, either in Ontario or in another jurisdiction.

3. The applicant must not currently be the subject of a proceeding for professional misconduct, incompetency or incapacity in relation to the profession or another health profession, either in Ontario or in another jurisdiction.

(2) Section 3 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) Despite any other provision in this Regulation, an applicant who makes or permits to be made a false or misleading statement, representation or declaration in or in connection with his or her application, by commission or omission, shall be deemed, with respect to the application, not to satisfy, and not to have satisfied, the requirements for a certificate of registration in any class.

(3) Section 3 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) It is a condition of a specialty certificate of registration that a member shall, within every five-year period after the issuance of the certificate, engage in competent practice as a medical radiation technologist in at least one of the specialties in which the member holds a certificate of registration, and provide to the College satisfactory evidence of having done so.

3. (1) Subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “a specialty certificate of registration” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “a specialty certificate of registration in the specialties of radiography, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine”.

(2) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

4.1 (1) The following are non-exemptible registration requirements for a specialty certificate of registration in the specialty of magnetic resonance:

1. The applicant must have successfully completed a medical radiation technology program in the specialty which program is,

i. offered in Ontario and listed in Schedule 1.1 or offered in Ontario and considered by the Council to be equivalent to a program listed in Schedule 1.1,

ii. offered outside Ontario and listed in Schedule 1.2 or offered outside Ontario and considered by the Council to be equivalent to a program described in subparagraph i, or

iii. subject to paragraph 5, offered outside Ontario and not considered by the Council as equivalent to a program described in subparagraph i.

2. The applicant must have successfully completed the examination set or approved by the Council in the specialty.

3. The applicant must have engaged in clinical practice in the specialty within the five years immediately preceding the date of the application or must have successfully completed a program referred to in paragraph 1 within the five years preceding the date of the application.

4. The applicant must pay the annual fee required by the by-laws and the examination fee.

5. An applicant who has successfully completed a program described in subparagraph 1 iii must also provide the Registration Committee with satisfactory evidence as to his or her competence to practise in Ontario as a medical radiation technologist in the specialty.

(2) Despite subsection (1), an applicant for a specialty certificate of registration in the specialty of magnetic resonance who applies for the certificate prior to the date that is 387 days from the date on which Ontario Regulation 227/03 was filed may be issued the certificate if the applicant meets the following non-exemptible registration requirements:

1. The applicant must satisfy one of the following requirements:

i. the applicant is engaged in practice in Canada within the scope of practice of the specialty on the day this section comes into force, or

ii. the applicant was engaged in practice in Canada within the scope of practice of the specialty,

A. for at least 400 hours in the year prior to the day this section comes into force, or

B. for at least 1200 hours in the three years prior to the day this section comes into force.

2. The applicant must provide evidence satisfactory to the Registrar or the Registration Committee of competence to practise as a medical radiation technologist in the specialty.

3. The applicant must pay the annual fee required by the by-laws.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the practice of the specialty is the use of electromagnetism to produce diagnostic images and tests and the evaluation of the technical sufficiency of the images and tests.

5. Section 8 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

8. (1) A member who uses an abbreviation for the title “medical radiation technologist” may use the abbreviation “M.R.T.”.

(2) A member who holds a specialty certificate of registration listed in the first column of the Table to this subsection may use the title and the abbreviation set out opposite to the specialty in the second and third columns of the Table:

 

Specialty	Title	Abbreviation
Radiography	Medical Radiation Technologist — Radiography	M.R.T. (R.)
Radiation Therapy	Medical Radiation Technologist — Radiation Therapy; or Medical Radiation Technologist — Radiation Therapist	M.R.T. (T.)
Nuclear Medicine	Medical Radiation Technologist — Nuclear Medicine	M.R.T. (N.)
Magnetic Resonance	Medical Radiation Technologist — Magnetic Resonance	M.R.T. (M.R.)

(3) A member shall not use a title or abbreviation set out in the second or third column of the Table to subsection (2) unless the member holds a specialty certificate of registration listed in the first column of the Table opposite the title or abbreviation.

6. (1) Clause 10 (1) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “as a medical radiation technologist” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “as a medical radiation technologist in one or more of the specialties”.

(2) Clause 10 (2) (b) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “as a medical radiation technologist” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “as a medical radiation technologist in one or more of the specialties”.

(3) Section 10 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3) The specialty referred to in clause (1) (a) or (2) (b) must be the same specialty in which the person held a certificate of registration.

(4) If the person held a certificate of registration in more than one specialty and wishes to resume practice in one or more of the specialties in which he or she held a certificate of registration, the person must satisfy the requirements of clause (1) (a) or (2) (b), as applicable, in each specialty in which he or she wishes to resume practice.

7. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Schedules:

SCHEDULE 1.1

APPROVED PROGRAMS UNDER subparagraph 1 i OF SUBSECTION 4.1 (1)

Magnetic Resonance

1. The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario.

SCHEDULE 1.2

APPROVED PROGRAMS UNDER subparagraph 1 ii OF SUBSECTION 4.1 (1)

Magnetic Resonance

1. British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, British Columbia.

2. Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta.

3. Red River College of Applied Arts, Science and Technology, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Council of the College of Medical Radiation
Technologists of Ontario:

Sheila M. Robson

President

Sharon Saberton

Registrar

Dated on May 16, 2003.