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Bylaw 900 outlines the rules and regulations applicable to Professional Development for Manitoba CAs.
900 Continuing Professional Development
BYLAWS
REGULATIONS
901 Mandatory continuing professional development
(1) Continuing professional development as prescribed by the Council in the continuing professional development regulation shall be completed, and satisfactory proof thereof, in the form of a duly completed compliance report as prescribed by Council, shall be provided to the Institute, by every member of the Institute, except for those members who have been specifically exempted under paragraph (6)(a) below.
(2) In the event that continuing professional development as required in clause (1) is not completed, the deficiency may be reported to the Professional Conduct Committee and the Professional Conduct Committee may exercise any of its powers under Bylaw 510.
(3) In the event that the compliance report required in clause (1) is not provided within two (2) months after the date prescribed by Council in the continuing professional development regulation, the member shall be suspended from membership. The suspended member may, subject to clauses (4) and (5) hereof, terminate the suspension and be returned to membership in good standing by filing the prescribed compliance report accompanied by the prescribed reinstatement fee in accordance with Bylaw 332(4)(a).
(4) In the event that the person whose membership has been suspended under clause (3) has continued to fail to provide the prescribed compliance report, accompanied by the prescribed reinstatement fee, within two months of suspension, the Membership Committee shall be informed and the person's membership shall be terminated.
(5) Any person whose membership is terminated under this bylaw may be readmitted upon filing the prescribed compliance report accompanied by the prescribed readmission fee as prescribed by Bylaw 352(1)(b) and on such terms as Council may determine.
(6) Council may designate a committee which has the power to:
(a) hear applications from members or establish policies with respect to special circumstances which may give rise to partial or complete exemptions from the minimum continuing professional development requirements. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to, retirement from active practice or employment, extended leaves of absence from work for medical or other reasons, financial hardship or other special circumstances as may arise from time to time;
(b) prescribe a form of compliance report to be filed by a member;
(c) review compliance reports submitted by members; and
(d) require a member to produce to the committee or a member of the committee, such verification of the contents of the member's compliance report as the committee deems necessary.
[End of Bylaws, Regulation 9101 is next]
MANDATORY CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATION
(Pursuant to Bylaw 901)
9101 Definitions
For purposes of this regulation and the related bylaw:
(a) "continuing professional development" means a program of verifiable and unverifiable learning activities that provides for the development of new or existing competencies that are relevant to the overall professional responsibilities and growth of individual members.
(b) "verifiable" means that the learning activity results in some concrete measurable product.
(c) "unverifiable" means that the learning activity does not result in a concrete measurable product.
To assist members in determining whether a particular learning activity is verifiable or unverifiable, the Council or the committee it has designated in bylaw 901(6) shall publish, from time to time, a list of examples of activities that are considered to be verifiable or unverifiable.
9201 Completion requirements
(1) Minimum requirements
Effective January 1, 2007, every member who has not been exempted from the minimum requirement pursuant to bylaw 901(6)(a) shall complete minimum continuing professional development requirements, as set forth below, over a three year rolling period.
(i) each member shall complete a minimum of 120 hours of continuing professional development in each three year period, including a minimum of 60 hours of verifiable learning; and
(ii) each member shall complete a minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional development annually.
(2) Proration for partial year membership
A member, other than a member who has been exempted under bylaw 901(6)(a), who is admitted to membership during the year shall be required to complete continuing professional development on a prorated basis as follows:
(a) for purposes of this clause, a partial month of membership shall be considered to be a full month of membership; and
(b) the annual minimum requirement of 20 hours shall be prorated on the basis of the number of months of membership in the current year.
9301 Compliance Reporting Requirements
(1) Due date/ Prescribed form
On or before the last day of March of every year, every member who has not been exempted from the requirement to complete continuing professional development, shall file a compliance report in form and content to be prescribed by Council or its designated committee, with respect to the member's continuing professional development activities during the previous year. Each member shall be responsible for identifying the continuing professional development hours to be completed and filing the prescribed form with the Institute.
(2) Record retention
Every member who has not been exempted from the requirement to complete continuing professional development shall retain documentation to support the verifiable learning activities that have been reported on the member's compliance form. Such documentation shall be retained for four years after the completion of any particular year and may include certificates of completion, transcripts, evidence of attendance at conferences and seminars, published work, presentations, reports or other such evidence of completion as may be available.
9401 Transitional provisions
The bylaws and regulations related to mandatory continuing professional development existing immediately before these bylaws and regulations take effect are repealed effective January 1, 2007, provided that repeal of such bylaws and regulations shall not affect their previous operation or any right, privilege, liability or obligation acquired, accrued, accruing or incurred under the repealed bylaws and regulations; any investigation, proceeding or remedy relating to continuing professional development matters arising previous to the coming into force of these bylaws and regulations, including disciplinary matters arising from a failure to comply with the continuing professional development bylaws in force previous to January 1, 2007, may be instituted, continued or enforced and any penalty or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealed bylaws and regulations had not been so repealed.
[End of Bylaws and Regulations]
For additional information on the specific exemptions that have been approved and what constitutes verifiable and unverifiable learning activities, click below:
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