Registrants - Continuing Competency Requirements

What is the Continuing Competency Program?

The Quality Assurance Committee is authorized by the Health Professions Act (HPA) and the College Bylaws to administer a continuing competency program in order to promote high practice standards amongst registrants. The Continuing Competency Program is a mandatory program for ongoing self-directed learning with which all registrants of the College of Psychologists are required to comply. The specific requirements for the Continuing Competency Program are set out in the policy document entitled Continuing Competency Program Requirements.

Registrants should note that compliance with the Continuing Competency Program is required by the Code of Conduct, that a valid declaration of compliance is a requirement under the Bylaws for registration renewal each year, and that the College is authorized under the Bylaws to audit randomly selected registrants to ensure compliance. The Quality Assurance Committee conducts a random audit on an annual basis to ensure registrants maintain compliance with the Continuing Competency Program. 

Registrants should ensure they are in compliance each year with the Continuing Competency Program, and keep a record of their activities over the year for ease of record production in the event that they are chosen as part of the annual audit.  A link to a log sheet is provided below to assist registrants in maintaining and producing a record of their continuing competency activities.  Note that the Log Sheet is available in two different formats: as a "pdf" document, and as a spreadsheet ("xls") document which enables completion on the computer.

Links to Important Continuing Competency Program Documents

  • Continuing Competency Program Requirements
  • Continuing Competency Program Log Sheet - PDF Version
  • Continuing Competency Program Log Sheet - Excel Version
  • Example of Completed Logsheet
  • FAQs Regarding the Continuing Competency Program

    Please click here for the link to Registrant FAQs to search for FAQs about the Continuing Competency Program.

     

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