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New Board Members
Oleh W. Ilnyckyj
Jocelyn Stanton
N Sandra Wilking
The Board Members’ bio may be viewed on the Board Member page

2017 General Meeting Announcement
Please mark November 5, 2017 on your calendar.
Continuing Education credits will be given for the General Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 2 hours. Number of CE hours will be given for the actual time the meeting is attended.

2017 Pan-Canadian Examinations Schedule
The examinations will be administered in the Greater Vancouver area on the following dates:
- Written Examinations: Saturday, October 14, 2017
- Clinical Case-study Examinations: Saturday, January 20, 2018
For more information, please refer to the Examination Section of the College’s website.

Online Registration Renewal
We are pleased to announce that this has been a success, with most registrants able to utilize the online system without College assistance.
Registrants may log in to the Member Portal to update contact information and manage their profile including viewing examination applications and results. To access the Member Portal, please use the link https://portal.ctcma.bc.ca.

Consent to Health Care in BC
In collaboration with the health authorities and other key stakeholders, the Ministry of Health has developed Consent to Health Care in BC: A Course for Health Care Providers. This course has been developed in response to a demand for a learning tool that clarifies the roles and responsibilities of health care providers in seeking consent to health care services.
This course, comprised of four learning modules (Background, Seeking Consent, Capability and Incapability, and Consent in a Residential Care Setting) is intended to guide health care providers (including staff of residential care facilities) in seeking valid consent from adults prior to delivering health care services. The information in the course may also be of interest to family and friends who are advocating for adults who are assessed to be incapable of making their own health care decisions.
This course does not cover material relating to health care consent for minors (under the age of 19), the Adult Guardianship Act, or Part 3 of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act which has not yet been brought into force. The course is publicly available through the Provincial Health Services Authority.
Consent to HealthCare – https://learninghub.phsa.ca/Courses/7571/consent-to-health-care-in-british-columbia-a-course-for-health-care-providers
Recognizing and Responding to Adult abuse – https://learninghub.phsa.ca/Courses/7574/recognizing-and-responding-to-adult-abuse

Role of a Regulatory College vs a Professional Association
Topic: Role of a Regulatory College and a Professional Association
The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of BC and professional associations have different mandates.
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The College is responsible for regulating TCM practitioners in the public interest under the authority of the Health Professions Act. To meet its mandate of public protection, the College: | The professional association promotes and advocates for the professional and personal interest of its members. To meet the needs of its members, an association |
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