SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR HEARING INSTRUMENT PRACTITIONERS
Under the Hearing Aid Act (which was repealed April 1, 2010), Hearing Instrument Practitioners, who were not also Audiologists, could continue to provide services to children with limitations by virtue of Regulation 6(3) which reads:
(3) A hearing instrument practitioner who is not also an audiologist may, in respect of an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, provide a service of hearing instrument dispensing only if
(a) The individual has been examined, within the 6 months immediately preceding the date the service is provided, by an otolayngologist and an audiologist, and
(b) The hearing instrument practitioner has a copy of each diagnosis which recommends that the individual use a hearing instrument.
The limitation imposed by Regulation 6(3) above was to be repealed and replaced by the following effective April 1, 2011. The College requested an extension and was granted a year to read “effective April 1, 2012”. The College requested a further extension to April 1, 2013 but was granted an effective date of October 1, 2012. Therefore, please be advised that the current Regulation 6(3) as above remains in effect until October 1, 2012. Also note that HIPs, who are not AUDs, may not provide ANY services to children under the age of 16 years unless that child has a diagnosis from an ENT and AUD that recommends a hearing instrument.
Effective October 1, 2012
(3) A hearing instrument practitioner who is not also an audiologist may, in respect of an individual who has not attached the age of 16 years, provide a service that includes the performance of a restricted activity set out in section 5(2)(e) or (f) only if the hearing instrument practitioner has successfully completed a certification program established, required or approved under the bylaws to ensure hearing instrument practitioners are qualified and competent to provide the service and perform the restricted activity.
The College has established a working group reporting to the Quality Assurance Committee to develop an Acceptable Program of Study for the Advanced Competency Certificate D – Hearing Instrument Practitioners providing services to children. In addition, the wording for Certificate D will be provided in the College bylaws (bylaw amendment) for which there will be a period for public review.
Should you have any questions or require clarification, please do not hesitate to contact the Registrar, Diane O’Connor at registrar@cshhpbc.org
2. LATE RENEWAL INFORMATION
If you did not renew your registration with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals by March 31st, 2012, your registration has expired.
If you failed to renew by: 1) March 31st, a penalty fee of 10% of the renewal fee will apply when you renew during the period April 1st to April 30th, 2012 – the “grace period”. 2) April 30th, you will be deemed to be a former registrant. Should you wish to register after April 30th, you may do so by applying for “reinstatement”, for which a $200 fee will apply in addition to the renewal fee. The reinstatement period is from May 1st to June 30th, 2012. 3) June 30th, you will be deemed to be a former registrant. Should you wish to register you will be required to complete a new application and pay the application, registration, and criminal records check fees.
You have the following options to renew your registration with the college prior to April 30th: 1) Online. Access your secure record through the “Registrants Only” section of the college website. If you have forgotten or misplaced your password, please follow these instructions:
Your username is the primary email address you provided to the college. Please use this email address to reset your password. You can do this by entering your username into the login box, then click the forgotten password link to set a temporary password. Once logged in, print off your username and password (if you reset either) to ensure future ease of access.
If you are unsuccessful using the above process, please contact the Office Administrator by email at info@cshhpbc.org.
2) Fax or Post. Access and print the renewal form through the “Forms” tab on the college website. Payment may be made by credit card, cheque or money order.
For more information on fees, reporting Continuing Competency Credits, inactive registration, and general information please access the FAQ through the college website. You are required to report your CCCs by March 31st, 2013, therefore you have approximately 14 months to obtain a total of 45 credits, or 1.25 credits for each month you have been registered with the college.
3. PUBLIC NOTICE - PART 12
NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND NEXT STEPS
The College has recently been informed by the Director of Professional Regulation, MOHS, that the proposed bylaws for Part 12 do not fall within the priorities of the MOHS at this time. The College has been instructed to resubmit Part 12 in four to six months.
The College Board is committed to the concept of a certification model of support personnel to minimize health risks to the public seeking services offered by the professions regulated by this College. Therefore, we will continue developing Acceptable Programs of Study for support personnel working with all three professions regulated by the College.
The College Board wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the many professionals and support personnel involved in developing Part 12 and to everyone who responded during the public review process.
4. REPORTING CONTINUING COMPETENCY CREDITS
CCCs must be reported no later than March 31, 2013. Registrants have two options to report their CCCs: online through the "Registrants Only" section of the website or by downloading the form located under the "Forms" tab, mailing or faxing to the college no later than March 31, 2013.
If you have any questions about the renewal process or CCC reporting, please refer to the FAQ posted on the college website (direct link:
http://www.cshhpbc.org/docs/faq.pdf).
4. APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED COMPETENCIES
A revised FAQ is available to answer questions most frequently asked. If you have a question that is not answered here, please contact registrar@cshhpbc.org.
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Applicants and registrants: have you recently changed your home address, place of employment, or last name?
Please be reminded that registrants are required to update their personal and professional contact information with the college. Updating the college is the responsibility of every registrant, as set out in section 81(2) of the bylaws and agreed to in the statutory declaration. You must keep your information with us current. The college sometimes conveys important information and updates by email; please ensure that we have your correct email address. In so doing, please also ensure that this email address will accept messages from the cshhpbc.org domain. Also note it is the registrant's responsibility to keep abreast of college news as posted on our website.
To update the college, please either update your information online or email the Office Administrator with the required changes. She may be reached at info@cshhpbc.org.
2. We have updated our online Frequently Asked Questions guide. You may access this pdf file by clicking on the blue button to the above right of this text. If your questions are not answered in this document, please contact the Office Administrator.