O. Reg. 564/17: REGISTRATION

 

ontario regulation 564/17

made under the

Medical Radiation Technology Act, 1991

Made: November 23, 2017
Approved: December 13, 2017
Filed: December 20, 2017
Published on e-Laws: December 20, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 6, 2018

Amending O. Reg. 866/93

(REGISTRATION)

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

5. Diagnostic medical sonography.

2. (1) Subparagraph 4 ii of subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out  “quality or characteristic, including any”.

(2) Subsection 3 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(3) The following are conditions of a specialty certificate of registration:

1. The 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.

2. The member shall practise only in the areas of medical radiation technology in which the member is educated and experienced.

3. Paragraph 5 of subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

5. An applicant who has successfully completed a program described in subparagraph 1 iii must also provide the Registration Committee with satisfactory evidence, of a type approved by the Registration Committee and in the form and manner approved by the Registration Committee, as to the applicant’s competence to practise in Ontario as a medical radiation technologist in one or more of the specialties.

4. Paragraph 5 of subsection 4.1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

5. An applicant who has successfully completed a program described in subparagraph 1 iii must also provide the Registration Committee with satisfactory evidence, of a type approved by the Registration Committee and in the form and manner approved by the Registration Committee, as to the applicant’s competence to practise in Ontario as a medical radiation technologist in the specialty.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

4.2 (1) The following are non-exemptible registration requirements for a specialty certificate of registration in the specialty of diagnostic medical sonography:

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 1.3 or offered in Ontario and considered by the Council to be equivalent to a program listed in Schedule 1.3,

ii. 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 considered by the Registration Committee to be substantially similar to, but not equivalent to, a program described in subparagraph i.

2. The applicant must have successfully completed one or more of the examinations 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, of a type approved by the Registration Committee and in the form and manner approved by the Registration Committee, as to the applicant’s competence to practise in Ontario as a medical radiation technologist in the specialty.

6. An applicant must comply with all of the requirements described in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5 with respect to the same area of practice within the specialty.

(2) Despite subsection (1), an applicant for a specialty certificate of registration in the specialty of diagnostic medical sonography who applies for the certificate before January 1, 2019 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 was engaged in practice in Canada within the scope of practice of the specialty as of December 31, 2017,

ii. the applicant was engaged in practice in Canada within the scope of practice of the specialty for at least 400 hours in 2017, or

iii. the applicant was engaged in practice in Canada within the scope of practice of the specialty for at least 1200 hours in the three years before January 1, 2018.

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.

6. (1) The definition of “specialty” in subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

“specialty” means the specialty of radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance or diagnostic medical sonography.

(2) Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Subject to subsection (3), if an applicant already holds an out-of-province certificate that is equivalent to a certificate of registration issued by the College in the specialty being applied for, the applicant is deemed to have met the requirements set out in subsections 4 (1), 4.1 (1) and 4.2 (1) as applicable to the specialty, but is not deemed to have met the requirement set out in paragraph 4 of any of those provisions.

7. The Table to subsection 8 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following item:

 

Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Medical Radiation Technologist – Diagnostic Medical Sonographer; or Diagnostic Medical Sonographer

MRT(DMS) or DMS

 

8. Section 9 of the Regulation is revoked.

9. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 1.3
Approved Programs under Subparagraph 1 i of Subsection 4.2 (1)

DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY

1. Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology (General Sonography), Ottawa, Ontario.

2. BizTech College of Health Sciences, Business and Technology (Cardiac and Vascular Sonography), Mississauga, Ontario.

3. Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology (General Sonography), Sudbury, Ontario.

4. Canadian National Institute of Health (General Sonography), Ottawa, Ontario.

5. Collège Boréal d’arts appliqués et de technologie (Échographie générale), Sudbury, Ontario.

6. Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology (Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography), Hamilton, Ontario.

7. Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology/McMaster University - Collaborative Advanced Diploma - Bachelor of Medical Radiation Sciences Program - Ultrasound Specialization (General Sonography), Hamilton, Ontario.

8. St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology (General Sonography), Windsor, Ontario.

9. The Michener Institute of Education at University Health Network (General Sonography), Toronto, Ontario.

Commencement

10. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2018 and the day it is filed.

Made by:

Council of the College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario:

Wendy rabbie

President, cmrto

Linda gough

registrar & ceo, cmrto

Date made: November 23, 2017