ontario regulation 406/04

made under the

nursing act, 1991

Made: August 13, 2004
Approved: December 8, 2004
Filed: December 16, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 1, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 275/94

(General)

1. Section 12 of Ontario Regulation 275/94 is revoked and the following substituted:

Examinations

12. (1) The College shall ensure that the examination that is a requirement for a general certificate of registration in each of the membership classes is held in Ontario at least once a year.

(2) A person who meets the following requirements is entitled to take the examination that is a requirement for a general certificate of registration as a registered nurse:

1. The person must file a completed examination application form with the College at least 90 days before the day of the examination.

2. The person must pay the required examination fee to the College at least 90 days before the day of the examination.

3. The person must have successfully completed a registered nursing program that is acceptable to the College.

4. The person must not be ineligible to take the examination as a result of subsection (4).

(3) A person who meets the following requirements is entitled to take the examination that is a requirement for a general certificate of registration as a registered practical nurse:

1. The person must file a complete examination application form with the College at least 90 days before the day of the examination.

2. The person must pay the required examination fee to the College at least 90 days before the day of the examination.

3. The person must have successfully completed a registered nursing program, registered practical nursing program or registered nursing assistant program that is acceptable to the College.

4. The person must not be ineligible to take the examination as a result of subsection (4).

(4) A person is ineligible to take the examination if any of the following applies:

1. The person has already successfully completed an examination, the successful completion of which fulfils the examination requirement for a general certificate of registration in that membership class.

2. In the case of a person who, before the coming into force of Ontario Regulation 406/04, had applied for registration and had been provided with a decision of the Registration Committee respecting his or her eligibility to take an examination that is the requirement for a general certificate of registration in that membership class, if he or she is no longer eligible under the terms of that decision.

3. In the case of a person other than a person to whom paragraph 2 applies, if the person has failed, on three or more previous occasions, an examination which, if successfully completed, would have met the requirement for a general certificate of registration in that membership class.

(5) A decision of the Registration Committee mentioned in paragraph 2 of subsection (4), or an examination mentioned in paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection (4), shall not be considered for the purposes of subsection (4) if the decision was made or the examination taken before successful completion of a program mentioned in paragraph 3 of subsection (2), in the case of a person applying for a general certificate as a registered nurse, or a program mentioned in paragraph 3 of subsection (3), in the case of a person applying for a general certificate as a registered practical nurse.

Made by:

Council of the College of Nurses of Ontario:

Gail Siskind

Acting Executive Director

Sandra Ireland

President

Date made: August 13, 2004.