CAMLPR

The Canadian Alliance of Medical Laboratory Professionals Regulators (CAMLPR) represents provincial regulatory bodies (also called Colleges) for Medical Laboratory Technologists in Canada.

The role of CAMLPR is to establish standards for the knowledge, skills, and judgement in the practice of medical laboratory technology. CAMLPR is focused is on fair, efficient, effective, ethical, transparent, and inclusive regulatory approaches and practices for medical laboratory professional regulation across Canada.

Accountability

CAMLPR is accountable to its member organizations, the professional regulatory bodies for MLTs. Each regulatory body has a board/council that includes professional and public representatives. To serve and protect the public, these boards establish, maintain, and enforce:

  • standards for registration
  • standards for continuing competency
  • standards of practice for registrants  

Regulatory bodies are accountable to their respective ministries of health and fairness commissioners, and must comply with privacy, human rights, and other applicable legislation.

Member Organizations

Regulators of medical laboratory technology professionals across Canada are member organizations of CAMLPR.

These regulatory bodies have both the duty and the authority, under legislation, to prescribe the qualifications, standards, competencies, and other requirements that must be met and maintained for Medical Laboratory Technologists to be eligible to practice in a regulated jurisdiction.

Observers

These jurisdictions do not yet include medical laboratory professionals as regulated healthcare providers, but the organizations are invited to participate in CAMLPR meetings as observers: