Staying registered: Quality Assurance, insurance and renewal

1The QA Program has three parts

1. Self-assessment and professional development, for every registrant.
2. Peer and practice review: a case-based assessment, self-directed development, peer-assisted review.
3. Remedial education, as the QA Committee directs. Failing to co-operate with it is misconduct (Code s. 51 (1) (b.0.1)).

2Every two years, by December 31

• New registrant: complete a self-assessment within 60 days of registering; it counts toward your first cycle.
• Submit at least one self-assessment (an online questionnaire in your CRPO account).
• Do at least 40 hours of professional development within the cycle.
• Report it through the online attestation form, open in your account the year it is due.
• Review training on the duty to report child abuse and neglect once every two years, and attest to it.

3What counts, and the portfolio

• Activities must be relevant to practice, credible (they need some participation) and verifiable; nothing from before the cycle counts.
• CRPO has no pre-approved list: choose by your own learning needs.
• Keep a learning record log and proof of participation for the current and previous cycles (four years); send it only on request.

4The case-based assessment

• An online, open-book assessment based on the Practice Standards; it is the first stage of a peer and practice review.
• Every registrant is to complete it about every five years, replacing random selection.

5Behind on PD?

• Contact QA staff: an extension adds 60 days; a deferral moves the requirements to your next cycle (80 hours over four years).

6Liability insurance

• At least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $5,000,000 annual aggregate, as CRPO's By-laws require.
• Tell CRPO in writing within two days of learning you lack it; the Registrar may suspend you.
• Inactive after practising in the last two years: run-off coverage for at least two years.
• Employer coverage covers only that setting: insure any other practice.