Psychologists grow to be second occupation to be regulated underneath the Well being and Social Providers Professions Act

The Psychology Occupation Rules got here into power at present, making psychologists the second occupation to be regulated underneath the Well being and Social Providers Professions Act, which that got here into power in March 2022. The Act allows the federal government to manage quite a few professions underneath a single legislation.

The event of the laws was knowledgeable by session with the Affiliation of Psychologists of the NWT (APNWT), the School of Alberta Psychologists, all Well being and Social Providers Authorities within the NWT, and different skilled associations. The laws embrace the profession-specific necessities distinctive to psychologists, reminiscent of coaching required to be eligible for a licence, code of ethics, and a unbroken competency program.

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Non-regulated Well being and Social Providers professionals who need to apply for an expert designation can achieve this by finishing and submitting the Application for Designation of a Health and Social Services Profession doc to hsspa@gov.nt.ca.

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