COVID-19 vaccine resources for healthcare workers
21 December 2020
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Registration renewal reminder
21 December 2020
The CMLTO's Annual Registration Renewal for 2021 began, November 1, 2020. All medical laboratory technologists registered in Ontario must renew their CMLTO registration online by December 31, 2020.
The Annual Registration Renewal notice, which includes renewal instructions, was sent by postal mail in the second week of October. Members can get started by logging into https://www.cmlto-onlineservices.com/, or by clicking the red button above.
If you have questions, please call 416-861-9605 and press 1 for Registration and Renewal, or email registration@cmlto.com.
CMLTO holiday operating hours
21 December 2020
Dec 24 – 8:30 am-2:00 pm
Dec 25 – Closed
Dec 28 – Closed
Dec 29 – 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Dec 30 – 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Dec 31 – 8:30 am-2:00 pm
Jan 1, 2021 – Closed
How CMLTO manages consultations & feedback
19 November 2020
As part of its public protection mandate, the CMLTO is strongly committed to transparency and ensuring that its regulatory processes and information about members can be accessed easily by the public, by applicants, and medical laboratory technologists (MLTs). Additionally, the CMLTO is committed to engaging with the public about the College’s role in public protection.
The CMLTO welcomes comments, questions, and feedback at all times, even when formal consultations or outreach initiatives are not underway. Learn more by clicking here.
QAP webinar recording available
11 November 2020
CMLTO has posted two recorded webinars about the updated QAP. MLTs should review the webinars and the CMLTO website to ensure they understand their Quality Assurance requirements. If members have any questions, please contact QAP staff at qualityassurance@cmlto.com.
MLT registration renewal underway
06 November 2020
The CMLTO's Annual Registration Renewal for 2021 began, November 1, 2020. All medical laboratory technologists registered in Ontario must renew their CMLTO registration online by December 31, 2020.
The Annual Registration Renewal notice, which includes renewal instructions, was sent by postal mail in the second week of October. Members can get started by logging into https://www.cmlto-onlineservices.com/, or by clicking the red button above.
If you have questions, please call 416-861-9605 and press 1 for Registration and Renewal, or email registration@cmlto.com.
Call for Non-Council Committee Members
19 October 2020
To apply, please email executiveoffice@cmlto.com stating your interest and attaching your resume, by 4:30 pm, on October 30, 2020.
Employer webinar on October 16, 2020
14 October 2020
The CMLTO continues to pursue the regulation of medical laboratory assistants and technicians in Ontario at the Council’s direction, which it considers to be a public interest initiative. The College continues to hear about the expanding role of medical laboratory assistants and technicians in the clinical laboratory, along with numerous other changes in the laboratory sector.
CMLTO is hosting a webinar for employers on Friday, October 16, 2020, from 12:00 – 1:00 pm to discuss recent advances in this regulatory initiative and to explore their roles in supporting its advancement.
Please click here to register for the webinar.
CMLTO closed for Thanksgiving
08 October 2020
The CMLTO will be closed on October 12, 2020, for the Thanksgiving statutory holiday. Regular operations resume at 8:30 am on October 13th.
Consultation: Voluntary Roster criteria
02 October 2020
Since 2009, based on member and stakeholder feedback, CMLTO Council made regulating medical laboratory assistants and medical laboratory technicians one of its priorities. In 2012, CMLTO Council approved the establishment of a voluntary roster for medical laboratory assistants and technicians as a public interest activity under paragraph 3 (1),11 of the Procedural Code of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.
Until such time that medical laboratory assistants and technicians are regulated health professionals in Ontario, the CMLTO Voluntary Roster of Registered Medical Laboratory Technicians will serve the public interest by confirming they have voluntarily met a certain level of education and professional practice criteria.
Since the inception of the CMLTO Voluntary Roster of Registered Medical Laboratory Technicians (“the Voluntary Roster”), the CMLTO has published the minimum criteria for medical laboratory assistants and technicians to be included on the Voluntary Roster. These criteria were introduced in 2015 and updated in 2018. CMLTO reviews the Voluntary Roster criteria on annually with the intent of evolving them to mirror the MLT registration requirements.
Stakeholders are invited to comment on the proposed amendments to the CMLTO Voluntary Roster criteria, which were approved by Council at its September meeting. Please access the online survey by clicking here. Feedback will be collected from September 30th to October 30th, 2020.
The feedback from this consultation will be presented to Council at the November meeting along with the final proposed amendments to the CMLTO Voluntary Roster, which will become effective January 1, 2021.
The current CMLTO Voluntary Roster Criteria can be accessed by clicking here.
The proposed updated CMLTO Voluntary Roster Criteria can be accessed by clicking here. Explanatory notes to the proposed updated CMLTO Voluntary Roster Criteria can be accessed by clicking here.
