  {"id":21258,"date":"2026-04-23T10:50:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/?p=21258"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:41:23","slug":"new-changes-to-the-qa-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/new-changes-to-the-qa-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New: Changes to the QA Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cgroup-layout-blocks-cglp-callout-box is-style-cglb-callout-blue\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>QA REQUIREMENTS DUE BY JUNE 30, 2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you have a <strong>numerically even registration number<\/strong>, your QA cycle of <strong>July 1, 2024 \u2013 June 30, 2026<\/strong>, ends this year. You must submit your Declaration of Completion for the cycle <strong>by June 30<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You\u2019ll receive an email with further instructions on May 1 when the 2026 Self-Assessment Guide and online <em>Declaration form<\/em> become available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>See below to learn more about what&rsquo;s changed this year. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you are experiencing extenuating circumstances and are unable to complete your QA requirements, as per the table below, please submit a consideration request to the Quality Assurance team at <a href=\"mailto:qualityassurance@cpbao.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">qualityassurance@cpbao.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>At its March meeting, the Board approved updates to CPBAO\u2019s Quality Assurance (QA) Program. These changes are <strong>now in effect<\/strong> for all current cycles and are designed to simplify requirements and streamline the <em>Declarations of Completion <\/em>process<em>.<\/em> No additional participation requirements are being introduced, and QA \u201codd\u201d and \u201ceven\u201d year cycles remain unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If your registration number is <strong>numerically even<\/strong>, you continue to be included in the current Even Year QA cycle: <strong>July 1, 2024 \u2013 June 30, 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your registration number is <strong>numerically odd<\/strong>, you continue to be included in the current Odd Year QA cycle: <strong>July 1, 2025 \u2013 June 30, 2027<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3b996304bccbd4f3dcbe2c43411dfab0\" style=\"color:#1e22aa\">What&rsquo;s Changing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Updates to QA requirements <\/strong>for the following certificate types\/status (see chart below):<ul><li>Supervised Practice (SP)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Interim Autonomous Practice (IAP)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Inactive status<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Autonomous Practice (AP) registrants who had a change in certificate type\/status mid-cycle (i.e. in the past 2 years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A simplified Declaration process<\/strong><br><strong>All registrants<\/strong> will now submit only <strong>one <\/strong><em>QA<\/em> <em>Declaration of Completion <\/em>at the end of their assigned two-year cycles. The declaration will confirm completion of both the self-assessment and CPD requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Streamlined requirements for SP and IAP<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong> <\/strong>The <em>Declaration <\/em>schedule for SP and IAP registrants has been streamlined to match all other certificate types. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SP and IAP registrants will no longer submit an annual self-assessment <em>Declaration<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Review the chart below for complete details on updated requirements for each Certificate Type\/Status.&nbsp;This information is also available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/members\/quality-assurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quality Assurance page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1544\" src=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/QA-Requirements-changes-6-1600x1544.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21842\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.036277420101006;object-fit:contain;width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/QA-Requirements-changes-6-1600x1544.png 1600w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/QA-Requirements-changes-6-800x772.png 800w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/QA-Requirements-changes-6-768x741.png 768w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/QA-Requirements-changes-6-1536x1482.png 1536w, https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/QA-Requirements-changes-6-2048x1976.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At its March meeting, the Board approved updates to CPBAO\u2019s Quality Assurance (QA) Program. These changes are now in effect for all current cycles and are designed to simplify requirements and streamline the Declarations of Completion process. No additional participation requirements are being introduced, and QA \u201codd\u201d and \u201ceven\u201d year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"headlines_issue":[679],"class_list":["post-21258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","headlines_issue-april-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21258"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21844,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21258\/revisions\/21844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21258"},{"taxonomy":"headlines_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpbao.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/headlines_issue?post=21258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}