The Registration Regulation requires those who hold a certificate of registration in the General class and who are actively practicing the profession, i.e., they do not have a non-clinical term, condition and limitation on their certificate, to practise the profession for a minimum number of hours as one way to maintain the necessary knowledge, skill and judgment necessary to practise safely, competently and ethically.

A minimum of 750 practise hours over each rolling, three-year period is required. This practise time must include the provision of direct patient care as set out in the Registration policy.

Currency Year

The currency year runs from January 1 – December 31, with information about practise hours and activities being collected annually during registration renewal

Audits of Currency & Direct Patient Care

Each year following the close of the registration renewal period, Registration staff conduct an audit of your reported practise hours and activities. For new General class registrants, audits of currency begin once you have completed your initial three-year cycle. For individuals returning to the General class from the Inactive class, audits consider the first year you return to the General class and the two-years preceding your date of inactivity.

Those who don’t meet currency requirements are contacted by the College and provided with options for addressing currency deficiencies, as set out in the Registration Regulation and the Registration Policy.

Starting April 1, 2027, currency audits for registrants in the General class (who do not have a non-clinical Term, Condition or Limitation on their certificate of registration) will include an assessment of whether a minimum of 750 hours of direct patient care was accrued in the preceding three-year period.  

As set out in the policy, direct patient care means patient interactions, or the supervision of patient interactions, and any patient case-specific administrative activities or research conducted in the course thereof.

For more information on currency, including currency remediation options, please review our Currency Fact Sheet.