Fw: [OANDP-L] Canadian qualifications
Tony Barr
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Title:
Fw: [OANDP-L] Canadian qualifications
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
1/16/2001
Text:
Seems Al Pike's opinon that Canadian O&P providers are required to take
higher educational standards in Canada than providers of these services in
the USA may have merit. They must be cerified to access the govt. funding.
Why not here? Thanks Dan for the info!
> Qualifications to practise in Canada is basically Canadian certification
as
> a Prosthetist and/or Orthotist by the Canadian Board for Certification for
> Prosthetists & Orthotists (CBCPO). The profession in Canada has a website
at
> - www.pando.ca
>
> All provinces have their own Ministries of Health which then may or may
not
> have a provincial plan to help fund Orthotic and Prosthetic devices. Most
of
> these provinces would set the quidelines of who or who cannot bill the
> government for these services. In Ontario the Ministry of Health has the
> Assistive Devices Program (ADP) which helps fund custom orthoses and
> prostheses. These are not funded 100%. You must be a C.O(c) or C.P.(c) to
> access this funding. This is not a lisence but a contract set up with ADP.
>
> There are NO lisenced acts in Canada that give the Orthotists and
> Prosthetists the legal right to have a scope of practise (lisensed act).
> Even though most provinces may only fund those with the C.O. or C.P.
> professional designation.
>
> There are also strict ethical guidelines that CBCPO has in terms of
ethical
> practise which would deal with those in the profession practicing without
> the proper qualifications. These though would not have jurisdiction
outside
> our profession.
>
> I hope this will shed some light on the inquiry
> --
> Dan Blocka, B.Sc., C.O.(c), F.C.B.C.,
> Coordinator,
> Prosthetic & Orthotic Educational Programs,
> c/o SCIL,
> Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Centre,
> 2075 Bayview Ave.,
> Toronto, ON., CANADA
> M4N 3M5
> 416-480-5783 (ph) 416-480-5975(fax) e-mail - <Email Address Redacted>
> website - <URL Redacted>
higher educational standards in Canada than providers of these services in
the USA may have merit. They must be cerified to access the govt. funding.
Why not here? Thanks Dan for the info!
> Qualifications to practise in Canada is basically Canadian certification
as
> a Prosthetist and/or Orthotist by the Canadian Board for Certification for
> Prosthetists & Orthotists (CBCPO). The profession in Canada has a website
at
> - www.pando.ca
>
> All provinces have their own Ministries of Health which then may or may
not
> have a provincial plan to help fund Orthotic and Prosthetic devices. Most
of
> these provinces would set the quidelines of who or who cannot bill the
> government for these services. In Ontario the Ministry of Health has the
> Assistive Devices Program (ADP) which helps fund custom orthoses and
> prostheses. These are not funded 100%. You must be a C.O(c) or C.P.(c) to
> access this funding. This is not a lisence but a contract set up with ADP.
>
> There are NO lisenced acts in Canada that give the Orthotists and
> Prosthetists the legal right to have a scope of practise (lisensed act).
> Even though most provinces may only fund those with the C.O. or C.P.
> professional designation.
>
> There are also strict ethical guidelines that CBCPO has in terms of
ethical
> practise which would deal with those in the profession practicing without
> the proper qualifications. These though would not have jurisdiction
outside
> our profession.
>
> I hope this will shed some light on the inquiry
> --
> Dan Blocka, B.Sc., C.O.(c), F.C.B.C.,
> Coordinator,
> Prosthetic & Orthotic Educational Programs,
> c/o SCIL,
> Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Centre,
> 2075 Bayview Ave.,
> Toronto, ON., CANADA
> M4N 3M5
> 416-480-5783 (ph) 416-480-5975(fax) e-mail - <Email Address Redacted>
> website - <URL Redacted>
Citation
Tony Barr, “Fw: [OANDP-L] Canadian qualifications,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215683.
