Maintaining Your Registration

Registration and Practice Permit Renewal Policy

The Registration and Practice Permit Renewal Policy outlines four requirements that are part of a complete application for registration or renewal. The four requirements outlined in the Policy are:

• Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC)
• Practice Hours
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Professional Liability Insurance (PLI)

Ensure that you are aware of all renewal requirements for registrants on the General Register. Read the full policy linked above for details of all requirements. More information about the vulnerable sector check requirement is below.

Visit the Continuing Competence Program webpage for additional information on competence requirements for registrants.

Vulnerable Sector Check

All registrants are required to obtain and submit a Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) to the College every three years, in the final year of their reporting period. Criminal Record Checks will not be accepted.

Registrants with a 2022 - 2025 reporting period are now required to obtain and submit a VSC document to the College by the Renewal deadline of October 31, 2025. The VSC document must have been issued between November 1, 2024 and October 31, 2025 (the final year of your reporting period).

Registrants in other reporting periods will be required to obtain and submit a VSC document in subsequent years.

The College encourages registrants with a 2022 - 2025 reporting period to obtain their Vulnerable Sector Check as soon as possible. It may take weeks or months to receive your VSC after requesting it from your local police service. If your local police service or RCMP detachment requires a letter in order to complete a VSC, please provide them with this document: ACDH Vulnerable Sector Check Letter

Your Vulnerable Sector Check must be:

• Issued within Canada
• Clear and legible
• Not password-protected

The VSC must be submitted in the Registrant Portal. Please do not email, mail, or fax your VSC to the College. Click here to read step-by-step instructions for submitting your VSC  in the Registrant Portal How-To Guide.

For Frequently Asked Questions about the Vulnerable Sector Check requirement, visit the Maintaining Your Registration FAQs page.

Elimination of the Non-Practicing Register

The ACDH no longer has a Non-Practicing Register as of November 1, 2024.

If you were previously on the Non-Practicing Register and your registration was cancelled, either by yourself or by the College, you may apply for reinstatement to the General Register. Visit the Reinstatement webpage for more information.