Latest NEWS: Effective January 1, 2008

the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators will implement new Credentialing Standards.
Applications received up to and including December 31, 2007 will be assessed based on the current Credentialing Standards.
All applications received beginning January 1, 2008 will be assessed under the new Credentialing Standards.

The Alliance has been involved in the business of credential review since 1992.
Three comprehensive reviews and studies - Best Practices I (1995), Best Practices II (1997) and Best Practices III (2002) have shaped the program over the last 12 years.

Each study has evaluated The Alliance’s process of assessing the education and
qualifications of internationally educated physiotherapists, with a view to improving
access within a framework set by the standards of professional practice.
The fourth study - Best Practices IV – was completed in 2007 and was essentially an evaluation of the credentialing program including such features as the program goals, objectives, standards, procedures, infrastructures and service delivery.
The new Credentialing Standards that will be implemented in 2008 are based upon
the recommendations of the Best Practices IV study.