Category Archives: Notice to the Professions

Notice to the Professions /
Certification now requires practice hours reporting as a condition of renewal

Effective April 2, 2024, as a condition of certification renewal, by March 31 of the year a valid Certified Practice (CP) certificate is set to expire, registrants who wish to renew their certification must obtain and report 20 practice hours relevant to the services authorized by the relevant CP certificate.

Notice to the Professions /
Update for registrants on amalgamation of CSHBC with six other health regulatory colleges on June 28, 2024

CSHBC and six other health profession regulatory colleges will amalgamate in three months on June 28, 2024. As such, CSHBC is providing an update for registrants about amalgamation. The update includes questions and answers about amalgamation.

Notice to the Professions /
Important reminder to registrants: March 31, 2024, is the deadline for renewal of registration(s) and certification(s) expiring on that date

Registrants who have not renewed their registration for 2024/2025 and wish to maintain their Full, Conditional, and/or Non-practising registration, are reminded that the registration renewal deadline is March 31, 2024. Registrants who wish to maintain their professional status and licenses to practise as RAUDs, RHIPs, or RSLPs in BC must renew their registration(s) in the CSHBC Registrant Portal by March 31, 2024. In addition, registrants with certification(s) (Certified Practice certificates) expiring on March 31, 2024, must renew these certificates in the Registrant Portal by that deadline.

Notice to the Professions /
Maintaining confidentiality of CSHBC examination contents

CSHBC reminds registrants and applicants who participate in the College’s Hearing Instrument Dispensing Practical Examination (HID Practical Exam) to uphold their professional and ethical duty to maintain confidentiality of CSHBC examination contents.

Notice to the Professions /
CSHBC creates Standards & Legislation section on College’s website

CSHBC has created a Standards & Legislation section on the College’s website to enable registrants, applicants, and others to more easily locate information on regulatory requirements for RAUDs, RHIPs, and RSLPs.

Notice to the Professions /
Registration and Certified Practice certificate renewal has opened in the Registrant Portal; renewal deadline of March 31, 2024

Registration renewal for the 2024/2025 registration year has opened. Registrants who wish to maintain their professional status and licenses to practice as RAUDs, RHIPs, or RSLPs in BC must renew their registration(s) in the CSHBC Registrant Portal by March 31, 2024. In addition, registrants with Certified Practice certificates expiring on March 31, 2024, must renew these certificates in the Registrant Portal by that deadline.

Notice to the Professions /
CSHBC accepting applications for becoming examiners for the CSHBC HID Practical Exam

CSHBC currently has opportunities for becoming examiners for the CSHBC Hearing Instrument Dispensing (HID) Practical Examination.

Notice to the Professions /
Registration Renewal for 2024/2025 will open in late January 2024, with a deadline of March 31, 2024

Registration renewal for the registration year from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, will open in late January 2024. Renewal for Certified Practice (CP) certificates expiring March 31, 2024, will also open in late January. The deadline for renewing registration for 2024/2025 and expiring CP certificates is March 31, 2024.

Notice to the Professions /
Frequently asked questions: Inter-professional collaborative practice, and providing feeding and swallowing management care to clients

CSHBC has prepared FAQs on inter-professional collaborative practice, with a focus on RSLPs and providing feeding and swallowing management care to clients.

Notice to the Professions /
Update on medical masking in private health care clinics

CSHBC understands that a BC Government directive that all health care workers, volunteers, contractors, and visitors wear medical masks in patient areas of health-care facilities does not, for now, extend to requiring medical masking in private health care clinics.