What is the RHPA?
The Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) is umbrella legislation, which will replace the current acts and regulations of all regulated health professions, once they come under the RHPA. The updated website
can be accessed here: http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/rhpa/index.html
Which professions are governed under the RHPA?
There are two colleges, which regulate three professions, currently governed under the RHPA:
The College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
(CASLPM) – Jan. 1, 2014
The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba
(CRNM) – May 31, 2018
The members of health professions that are not yet under the RHPA
may continue to perform reserved acts that are within their scope
of practice under their existing profession-specific acts.
Although RNs may no longer accept the delegation of the performance
of reserved acts, this does not prevent other colleges from continuing
to permit their members to delegate the performance of reserved
acts to health professionals/health care providers other than RNs
and to accept the delegation of the performance of reserved acts
from other health professionals.
What happens next?
The Government of Manitoba is currently working with the College
of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSM) and the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses (CRPNM) to transition them to this new legislation. Eventually all professions will become governed under this new Act
but we do not have a specific timeline for when this will happen.
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