Renewal
2026-2027 licence renewal will commence on June 17, 2026.
Chiropractic: Full licensees must complete licence renewal by July 31, 2026 to practice August 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027.
Chiropractic: Non-practising licensees can renew non-practising status for an additional year until March 31, 2027. All non-practising class licenses will expire April 1, 2027, and may not be renewed.
To be eligible for licence renewal, chiropractors must:
- complete and submit the licence renewal application online including declaration relating to compliance with the Health Professions and Occupations Act, the regulations made under the Act, and the College Bylaws, and any limits, conditions, or terms imposed on your licence
- hold a valid first aid certification
- hold a valid certificate of professional liability insurance. Please note, effective April 1, 2026, the required coverage is a minimum of $5 million per claim
- pay the annual licence fee (Note: licence fee is non-refundable)
- hold a valid Criminal Record Check
- pay any other outstanding fee, debt, or levy owed to the college
Please note there are no Quality Assurance Program requirements for this renewal.
Upon renewing your licence, licensees must provide their new licence number to relevant billing and insurance providers
As part of the upcoming licence renewal process, please note:
- Your renewed licence will include a new licence number that you can view or download on the licensee portal
- You are responsible for updating your professional liability insurance provider with your new licence number immediately following renewal
- Failure to provide updated licence information to your insurer could affect verification of coverage
- Your contact and place of practice information is also current in the licensing portal at the time of renewal
- You must retain confirmation of both your licence renewal and insurance update for you records
The College plans to discontinue the Non-Practising licence class as part of the bylaws effected on April 1, 2026, under the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA).
- Under the proposed HPOA bylaws:
- As of April 1, 2026, Full/Practising licensees will no longer be able to transfer to the Non-Practising class.
- The College is committed to supporting current Non-Practising licensees through this transition and ensuring clarity about available options:
- Existing Non-Practising licences may be renewed until March 31, 2027.
- Licensees wishing to extend their Non-Practising licence must renew during their next scheduled renewal period in 2026.
- Existing Non-Practising licences may apply to reinstate their full Licence
- Non-Practising licensees may also allow their licence to lapse:
- By not renewing at the end of the current term; or
- By requesting cancellation in writing if they wish to end their licence before the expiry date.
Important information regarding Health Professions Corporation (HPC) Permits
Health Profession Corporation (HPC) permits issued under the former Health Professions Act that were valid on the in-force date of the current Health Professions and Occupations Act are valid until March 31, 2027.
This means that a corporation that currently holds a valid HPC permit with CCHPBC is not required to renew or pay the HPC permit renewal fee this renewal period, as their permit will remain valid until March 31, 2027.
Still Have Questions?
- Contact Licensure at registration@cchpbc.ca
Change of Status / Reinstatement
Licensee change of statuses must be submitted for processing through the College, including:
1) Non-Practising to Full (before March 1, 2027)
If the Licensee last held Chiropractic: Full class for fewer than three years, please review 2) REINSTATEMENT BETWEEN THREE MONTHS TO THREE YEARS OF AS A FORMER LICENSEE for application requirement.
If it has been three years or more since the Licensee last held Chiropractic: Full class, please review 3) REINSTATEMENT AFTER THREE YEARS OF NON-LICENSURE for application requirement.
2) Reinstatement between three months to three years of as a former licensee
A Former Licensee whose licence is not suspended or cancelled, must provide to CCHPBC:
- A completed Application for reinstatement
- A declaration or other information demonstrating that the Former Licensee is of good character and will practise the Designated Health Profession for which the Former Licensee is seeking a Licence in an ethical manner;
- Confirmation of compliance, in a form acceptable, with requirement to have professional liability protection or liability insurance coverage in an amount of at least $5,000,000 per claim or occurrence
- Current first aid certification, required for the class of Chiropractic: Full in accordance with Schedule 4: Part 1: Chiropractic
- Information, in a form satisfactory to the College, dated within 60 days from the date of the reinstatement Application, from any Extrajurisdictional Regulator in each jurisdiction in which the Former Licensee is or was, since the time the Licence expired, licensed for the practice of a Health Profession, confirming that:
I. the Former Licensee’s authority to practise a Health Profession has not been revoked, suspended, limited, restricted, or subject to conditions in that jurisdiction at any time, or specifying particulars of any such revocation, suspension, limitation, restriction, or conditions;
II. the Former Licensee is not the subject of a current proceeding, including any Investigation, inquiry, review or appeal, that could result in the Applicant’s authority to practise a Health Profession being revoked, suspended, limited, restricted, or subject to conditions in that jurisdiction, or specifying particulars of any such current proceeding; and
III. no proceeding of the type described in Bylaw 6.59 (e) (ii) was not initiated or completed because the Former Licensee voluntarily relinquished their authority to practise a Health Profession;
- payment of any outstanding amount owed or owing by the Former Licensee to the College, including without limitation any amount accrued or accruing to a Former Regulatory College prior to its amalgamation with the College;
- the applicable Fees set out in Schedule “2”;
- information relating to legal proceedings, including any criminal charges or complaints against the Former Licensee in other jurisdictions or health colleges, since the Former Licensee’s Licence expired;
- a Criminal Record Check Authorization in the form required under the Criminal Records Review Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 86, and, in the case of a Former Licensee who has practised a Health Profession in another jurisdiction, an authorization for a Criminal Record Check in that jurisdiction and/or a criminal record report to the College;
- additional information or records that the Former Licensee is requested by the Registrar ordered to provide; and
- evidence of completion of all applicable Continuing Professional Development requirements that would have applied to the Former Licensee immediately prior to the In-Force Date had they had not ceased to be Licensed.
3) Reinstatement After three years of non-Licensure
Reinstatement made three or more years after the applicant:
a) ceased to have a practicing License; or
b) ceased to be registered under the Former Act
The License Committee will be considering the application, where applicant is required to submit (including but not limited to):
- A reinstatement application form
- Compliance with some or all of the Chiropractic: Full licence requirements, including some or all of the Specific Eligibility Standards in Schedule 4: Part 1: Chiropractic
- Successful completion of a competency assessment as determined by assessment policy established by the License Committee; and
- Completion of any additional requirements the License Committee deems appropriate in the circumstances of the Application
Except for transfer from Non-Practising (Legacy) to Full Licensure before March 1, 2027, an Applicant for reinstatement is only eligible for reinstatement of a Licence in the same Designated Profession and class that the Applicant previously held.
An Applicant for reinstatement will be subject to any limits or conditions which were imposed on their previous Licence and may be subject to additional limits or conditions in accordance with Bylaw 6.70.
INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS
Applications will expire if they are incomplete, within 90 days from date of initial submission.
Fillable Application Forms
Still Have Questions?
- Contact Licensure at registration@cchpbc.ca.