Estimación de los recursos y duración de las actividades

3. Eligibility for registration 4. Language

proficiency

5. Legal

authorization to work in Canada

6. Currency requirement

• 795 hours of study directly related to respiratory therapy, including:

• 244 hours of respiratory therapy care: instrumentation, pharmacology, pathology and respiratory therapy;

• 271 hours in critical and urgent care, including instrumentation, mechanical ventilation, hemodyanics, gas exchanges, pharmacology and pathology;

• 90 hours in anaesthesia assistance. Including instrumentation, pharmacology, modalities and interventions in anaesthesia;

• 126 hours in diagnostic testing, including cardiology and pulmonary functioning;

• Supervised clinical placement in respiratory therapy, including a minimum of 250 hours in anaesthesia assistance.

The candidates must also provide evidence that the program includes a comprehensive examination that tests the respiratory therapy competencies acquired during the course of the program.

There is no separate examination requirement for an applicant who completes his/her education in Quebec; successful completion of l’épreuve synthèse, a comprehensive examination that tests similar competencies to the National Competency Profile, is required for graduation from approved Quebec RT programs.

Canadian educated graduates moving to Quebec under the auspices of the RT MRA do not have to complete l’épreuve synthèse.

Candidates applying from another Canadian jurisdiction must provide evidence that they are registered of good standing.

French language fluency is required for full registration. Applicants may obtain temporary registration with OPIQ prior to meeting this requirement.

L’Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) administers the required four-part exam at no fee. The exam evaluates French language fluency in the following areas:

1. verbal comprehension;

2. written comprehension;

3. verbal language skills;

4. written language skills.

Not required.

Internationally educated candidates who graduated more than three years before applying to OPIQ and have not practised in respiratory therapy within that period will not have their education recognized as equivalent. However, equivalency may be granted if subsequent work experience and education can

be demonstrated to fill any competency gaps.

7. Good Conduct

Candidates applying from another Canadian province must provide evidence that they have worked as a respiratory therapist for at least 720 hours within the past four years.

An applicant:

• must not have been found guilty of a criminal offence or an offence under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) or the Food and Drugs Act (Canada).

• must also satisfy the College that he or she has not been found guilty of professional misconduct, incompetence, incapacity or other similar proceeding in another profession or in another jurisdiction in Respiratory Therapy.

This evidence is provided through a signed self-declaration.

Voluntary Registration with the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT)

Application process

Requirement 1. Education

requirement

2. Examination requirement

3. Eligibility for registration

4. Language proficiency

General information regarding the documents required to apply to CSRT may be obtained by contacting the CSRT or visiting the CSRT web site at www.csrt.com.

No specific information regarding internationally educated applicants is provided.

While there are a number of classes of CSRT registration (student, corporate etc.), this section only includes the process related to the most relevant class of registration: Registered Member.

Such applicants must provide:

MRA Applicants

• verification directly from their Canadian regulatory body of membership in good standing with no restrictions

• evidence of practicing the profession of respiratory therapy within that

jurisdiction, as a fully registered/licensed member, for a minimum of 720 hours within the previous four years

Other Registry Applicants

• proof of graduation from a CoARTE-approved program of respiratory Therapy

• evidence of successful completion of a CSRT-approved examination Evidence required

• Proof of graduation from a CoARTE-approved program of respiratory Therapy.

• This requirement can be waived if the applicant is an NBRC registered respiratory therapist in good standing.

• Evidence of successful completion of the CBRC examination.

• NOTE: A candidate who has obtained his/her RRT credential from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) in the U.S. may meet the examination requirement by successfully passing only the clinical portion (Paper Two) of the CBRC Certification Examination.

• Applicants applying under the labour mobility provisions of the MRA must provide verification directly from their Canadian regulatory body of membership in good standing with no restrictions.

• NBRC members must provide verification of good standing directly from NBRC to the CSRT.

Not required.

5. Legal

authorization to work in Canada 6. Currency

requirement 7. Good Conduct

The applicant must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada or be authorized under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to engage in the practice of Respiratory Therapy.

No explicit requirement.

Applicant must provide a mandatory self-declaration regarding:

1. Criminal or other offenses;

2. Revocation, suspension or modification of any certificate, license, registration professional or other designation;

3. Rejection of any application for a certificate, license or registration in a professional or semi-professional society or body;

4. Whether, to the applicant’s knowledge or belief, any event, circumstance, condition or matter not disclosed in his/her replies to the preceding questions that touches upon or may concern his/her conduct, character and/or

reputation, and that he/she knows or believes might be thought to be an impediment to his/her admission to membership in the Society or a matter warranting further inquiry by the Society.

1. Introduction

2. Demand