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Background covers Bill 106 changes effective January 1, 2023, plus a transition issue moving authority for approving education programs from MCU to CMTO. 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In addition, CMTO has been asked to clarify previously submitted proposed Registration Regulation amendments to enable a clear transition period for accreditation of Massage Therapy education programs. Council is being asked to approve circulation of the required Registration Regulation amendments to stakeholders.  \nPublic Interest Rationale:  \nThe emergency registration provisions will enable CMTO to quickly increase the number of Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) able to provide support in the event of an emergency. Accreditation of Massage Therapy education will help ensure consistent, quality foundational education for future RMTs.  \nBackground:  \nSchedule 6 of Bill 106, the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022, introduced proposed changes to the Registration Requirements regulation under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. CMTO is already in compliance with the provisions that came into effect on January 1, 2023. The one outstanding provision is the requirement that all health regulatory Colleges make amendments to their Registration Regulation to enable an emergency class of registration.  \nThe MOH has asked that proposed amendments be submitted by May 1, 2023 with a view to having them in force by August 31, 2023. Before submitting, CMTO is required to circulate the proposed regulation amendments to registrants and other stakeholders for at least 60 days.  \nThe circulation and submission of the regulation amendments is complicated by the fact that CMTO submitted proposed Registration Regulation amendments to MOH in 2015 and again in 2017. These proposed amendments had not been passed when health professions regulators were asked to submit emergency class amendments.  \nIssues and Recommendations  \nThere are two key issues being addressed by the new amendments:  \n- Identifying a transition period for moving the authority to approve Massage Therapy education programs for the purposes of registration from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities to CMTO, and  \n- Identifying the provisions that will enable registration in the Emergency class. The MOH has identified four areas to be included in the emergency registration provisions:  \n1. Opening emergency registration;  \n2. Requirements for emergency registration;  \n3. Duration of an Emergency certificate; and  \n4. Moving from the Emergency class to another class of registration.  \nRecommendations have been made for each issue identified below. The recommendations can also be found in Appendix A. All of the proposed recommendations have been reviewed by legal counsel and were reviewed by the Registration Committee.  \nIssue 1: Authority to Approve Education Programs – Transition Period  \nThe proposed Registration Regulation amendments previously submitted to the MOH include a provision that gives CMTO the authority to approve Massage Therapy education programs for the purposes of registration. That authority currently lies with the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) . In order to provide Massage Therapy education programs and other stakeholders a clear understanding of the transition period from the MCU to CMTO, it has been recommended that this transition be included directly in the regulation.  \nIn previous discussions with MCU, CMTO recommended a transition period of 24-30 months. This gives educators time to work through the accreditation process. Also, most Massage Therapy programs are two years long, so if an educator did not want to pursue accreditation, it gives them time to graduate currently enrolled students without disadvantaging them.  \nRecommendation","cbCaid5bjFI6rzrA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid5bjFI6rzrA","pdf",233720,"English","# Purpose\n# Public Interest Rationale\n# Background\n# Issues and Recommendations\n## Issue 1: Authority to Approve Education Programs - Transition Period\n## Issue 2: Emergency Registration Provisions","[{\"question\":\"What amendments are being proposed and why?\",\"answer\":\"The Ministry of Health requested amendments to enable an emergency class of registration and clarify a transition period for accreditation of Massage Therapy education programs. 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