APPLICATION PROCESS AND TIMELINES
The CMLTO application process consists of the following components:
Online Application Submission
Supporting Document Submission
College Staff Review of Application
College Staff to Notify Applicant of Approval
Applicant Pays Pro-rated Registration Fee
After paying the application fee, Applicants have 60 calendar days to complete the application, prepare the supporting documents in alignment with the Guarantor’s Verification Form and submit the application. After this period, if not submitted, the application will lapse, and the fee is non-refundable.
Once the CMLTO receives a complete application with all required documents, it will be processed within 21 calendar days.
Submitted but incomplete applications will lapse 35 calendar days after CMLTO requests the outstanding documents. You will be notified by mail and email if your application lapses.
When your application is determined to be complete and meets the registration criteria, CMLTO staff complete the administrative processes to issue you an approval notice by email. The approval notice also includes instructions for you to submit a pro-rated registration fee, which is your license fee. The registration fee is only pro-rated in your first year of registration. After you pay the pro-rated registration fee you are officially registered with the College. It is important to note that until you have paid the pro-rated registration fee you are not a registrant of the College and are therefore not able to work or practise as an MLT, nor hold yourself out as a “Medical Laboratory Technologist” or “MLT”. After you’ve paid the registration fee and your name appears on the CMLTO Public Register you are officially able to work as an MLT, and hold yourself out as an MLT.
Once you become CMLTO’s registrant, we will send you a wall certificate and welcome package within four (4) months from the date of your registration.
When it is unclear if an applicant has met the registration criteria, their application may be referred to the Registration Committee (RC) in accordance with the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), 1991. The legislation states a referral to the RC is made if the Registrar has doubts, on reasonable grounds, about whether the applicant fulfils the registration requirements. If this happens, an applicant is notified of the referral and given 30 days to submit additional documents. The Committee reviews the application and renders a decision. Applications referred to the Registration Committee for a decision result in a longer processing time. Once the Applicant is referred to the Registration Committee, the following process ensues.
Please review the graphic below for a snapshot of how the CMLTO processes each application.
Section 21 of the Health Professions Procedural Code of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, provides Applicants the right to appeal the Registration Committee Panel’s decision. For more information please refer to the Registration Committee Policy 24: Decision Appeal Process.
If you would like further information regarding referral to Registration Committee, please contact the CMLTO Registration Department by email at registration@cmlto.com.
