What are some of the anticipated impacts of regulation?
The legislative process that will lead to the regulation of medical laboratory assistants and medical laboratory technicians is a multi-step process, involving the College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC), the Health Professionals Regulatory Advisory Council (HPRAC), and many other stakeholders. The basis for demonstrating the need for regulation of a new health profession is determined by HPRAC, then recommended to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. The HPRAC criteria for regulation of a new health profession serve as the guiding framework for the operational and project planning documents to move this initiative forward. Some of the potential anticipated impacts of regulation relate to the HPRAC criteria. For example, one of the current HPRAC criteria for the regulation of a new health profession requires registrants to have graduated from an educational program accredited by the Canadian Medical Associ
