2025 CMLTO Registration Renewal Notice

The College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO) Annual Registration Renewal for 2025 begins on November 1, 2024. All Medical Laboratory Technologists must renew their registration by December 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. EST. For a more high-level overview of the steps involved with completing your renewal, Frequently Asked Questions about the renewal process, along with further details regarding maintaining your employment and practice information, click here.

To renew your CMLTO registration for 2025:

1. Visit the homepage of our website and click “Renew Your CMLTO Registration Now“ to login to your Online Services account.
   • If you have not updated your Username, it is the email address you have registered with the CMLTO.
   • If you have forgotten your Username or password, click the appropriate option and enter your email address. You will receive an email that contains your Username or a link to set your new password.
2. Click “Renew or Resign Now” at the top of the main login page.
3. Complete all required renewal sections, which include confirming your contact and employment information, entering your practice hours, self-reporting compliance with the Quality Assurance and Professional Conduct declarations, etc.
4. Pay the annual fee and submit your renewal.
5. Registrants may pay with Visa or MasterCard.
   • Registrants cannot pay by cheque or Interac. CMLTO cannot accept payments made through your bank, i.e., in-person banking, online banking, or e-transfers.
6. Print your receipt by clicking “Transactions & Receipts”. You may use the receipt as proof of your CMLTO registration, or you may confirm your registration through CMLTO’s Public Register.

To resign effective January 1, 2025:

Beginning November 1, 2024, you may resign your CMLTO registration for 2025. Your resignation will take effect on January 1, 2025. Log in using the steps described above. Under “I want to renew as”, select “Resigned”. You will be asked to confirm your decision and your reason for resigning. You must complete the Practice Timelines section to record the hours you worked in 2024. This information will be used if you reapply for CMLTO registration in the future. Please note that:

• Retirement from your employer does not disqualify you from maintaining your CMLTO registration. However, all Practising registrants must fulfill their professional obligations regardless of their employment status, including meeting the Quality Assurance Program requirements.
• When a registrant resigns their CMLTO registration, they cannot legally use the protected title “Medical Laboratory Technologist” in Ontario

If you do not complete the annual renewal or resignation processes by December 31st, you will be sent notice of CMLTO’s intention to suspend your registration. For more information about suspensions, click here.

If you have recently retired and wish to resign your CMLTO registration:

• All registrants must formally resign their registration through CMLTO Online Services to avoid having their registration suspended. Please note you are not required to resign your registration even though you have retired.
• Resigning registrants must check off the online declaration to confirm that they understand the implications of their decision to resign their CMLTO registration.

Do I need to do anything else if I’ve already contacted the CMLTO to notify them that I will be resigning my registration?

• Yes, all registrants are required to resign through CMLTO Online Services  to avoid having their registration suspended. Resigning registrants must check off the declarations to confirm they understand the implications of their decision to resign their registration. For more information, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact the Registration department by email at registration@cmlto.com.