Cross Provincial Practice ...
means a service that is within the practice of audiology or SLP provided by a registrant registered in their primary province (AB, ON, MB, NB, or SK) to a client/patient located outside of the primary province, into a secondary province (AB, ON, MB, NB, or SK), by virtual care or in-person care.
Direct client/patient services ...
means screening, assessment, treatment, counselling or consultation provided to a client/patient or anyone related to a cross provincial license holder’s client/patient in a secondary province.
Primary Province ...
means the province where the registrant is registered as an active practitioner, who is not practicing under mentorship or supervision, and where a majority of that registrant’s clients/patients habitually reside.
Secondary Province ...
means the province where the registrant is not registered immediately prior to application for cross-provincial practice and where, after receipt of a cross-provincial registration, a minority of the registrant’s clients/patients habitually reside.
Virtual Care ...
means the provision of technology-enabled audiology and speech-language pathology services to clients/patients who are in a different location from the audiologist, speech-language pathologist, or supervised support personnel. Virtual care includes training or educating parents, partners, and significant others, via technology, for the benefit of the client/patient. It also includes technology-enabled instruction and consultation to support personnel and other professionals who are interacting with the client/patient in real time. Different formats of virtual care can include synchronous (interacting with the client/patient in real-time), asynchronous (interaction not occurring at the same time), telephone, video, audio, or written electronic formats (emails and text messages).