TABLE OF CONTENTS

• MESSAGE FROM THE FAIRNESS COMMISSIONER
• 1.  INTRODUCTION
  • 1.a  Introduction to the guide
  • 1.b  Why conduct Entry-to-Practice Reviews?
  • 1.c  Relationship to other reports
  • 1.d  Mandatory vs. voluntary reviews
• 2.  FRAMEWORK FOR CONDUCTING REVIEWS
  • 2.a  Vision and guiding principles for reviews
  • 2.b  Legal framework
    • Fair Access to Regulated Professions Act, 2006 (FARPA)
    • Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA) Schedule 2
    • Human rights legislation
  • 2.c  Key concepts
    • Entry-to-Practice Review
    • Registration requirements
    • Registration practices
    • Necessary and relevant
    • Transparent, objective, impartial and fair
• 3.  ROLE OF THE FAIRNESS COMMISSIONER
  • 3.a  When will the Commissioner require a review?
  • 3.b  Determining the scope of a mandatory review
    • Discussing the scope
    • Registration requirements
    • Registration practices
  • 3.c  Possible scenarios for the scope of mandatory reviews
    • Scenario #1: Previous voluntary review
    • Scenario #2: First review, bridging program
    • Scenario #3: First review, timeliness
    • Scenario #4: First review, assessment
  • 3.d  Time for conducting a review
  • 3.e  Support to regulators
    • Working collaboratively
    • Sharing information, trends and analysis
    • Providing guidance
    • Advocating changes
• 4.  THE REVIEW PROCESS
  • Process Overview
  • Step 1: Create and approve the project plan
  • Step 2: Collect and analyze data
    • What information should be collected?
    • Whose input should be gathered?
    • How should the data be analyzed?
    • When should you seek outside help?
  • Step 3: Make recommendations and an implementation plan
    • Determine recommendations
    • Develop an implementation plan
  • Step 4: Write, approve and file the report
    • Write the report
    • Approve the report
    • File the report
    • Make the report public
• 5.  SAMPLE REVIEW QUESTIONS
  • 5.a  Registration requirements: necessary and relevant
    • Qualifications: general
    • Qualifications: specific
    • Other requirements for entry-to-practice
    • Proving that qualifications and other requirements are met
    • Reasonableness of fees
  • 5.b  Registration practices: transparent, objective, impartial and fair
    • Providing information
    • Assessing qualifications: general
    • Assessing qualifications: specific
    • Making registration decisions
    • Internal reviews or appeals
    • Granting access to records
    • Efficient and timely decision-making
• 6.  AFTER THE REVIEW
  • 6.a  Implementing the results
  • 6.b  Keeping policies up-to-date
  • 6.c  Feedback
• APPENDICES
  • Appendix A. Report checklist for the Entry-to-Practice Review
  • Appendix B. Other resources
  • Appendix C. End notes

PROMISING PRACTICES

1. Promising Practice 1: Registration practices self-audit (Physiotherapists)
2. Promising Practice 2: Fair registration practices review (Teachers)
3. Promising Practice 3: Licensing and accreditation task force (Lawyers)
4. Promising Practice 4: Necessity and relevance (Lawyers)
5. Promising Practice 5: Transparency (Engineering Technicians & Technologists)
6. Promising Practice 6: Impartiality (Denturists)
7. Promising Practice 7: Career maps
8. Promising Practice 8: Project governance (Teachers)
9. Promising Practice 9: Justification of registration requirements (Physiotherapists)
10. Promising Practice 10: Review of workplace experience requirement (Lawyers)
11. Promising Practice 11: Proof of qualifications – unobtainable documents
12. Promising Practice 12: Communicating with applicants (Teachers)
13. Promising Practice 13: Overseas assessment – Medical Council of Canada (qualifications assessment agency)
14. Promising Practice 14: Customer service timelines (Physiotherapists)

TIPS

1. Tip 1: Analyzing the data
2. Tip 2: Making recommendations
3. Tip 3: Creating an implementation plan
4. Tip 4: Getting preliminary feedback on the report
5. Tip 5: Selecting review questions
6. Tip 6: Debriefing