Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists – Licensees

The CCHPBC licence year for the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Profession is from April 1 to March 31st.

You must renew by March 31 of each year to ensure you hold current licence to practice.

To be eligible for licence renewal, a licensee must provide the following: 

• a completed renewal Application form 

• a completed declaration relating to the Licensee’s compliance with the Act, the regulations made under the Act, and these Bylaws, and any limits, conditions or terms imposed on their License 

• confirmation of current first aid certification as may be required for class of Schedule 4, Part 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture 

• documents confirming compliance with applicable requirements for professional liability protection or professional liability insurance 
• the annual renewal Fee due March 15 of each year specified in the Schedule  
• any outstanding amount owed or owing by the Licensee to the college 
• information relating to legal proceedings, including any criminal charges or complains against the Licensee in other jurisdictions or health colleges, since Licensee issuance or last renewal 
• documents or completion of a declaration confirming compliance with currency of practice hours requirements as applicable to Schedule 4, Part 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture 
• confirmation of compliance with any applicable professional development requirements established in the CCHPBC Bylaws 
• additional information or records that the Licensee is requested by the Registrar to provide  

Questions about renewal? 

See the renewal FAQ here. 

CHANGE OF STatus 

A former licensee (who held Full or Non-practising status) can submit a reinstatement for Full status with CCHPBC. 

Reinstatement within three months of License Expiry 

Any licensee applying for reinstatement within 3 months of their full license expiring, is not required to complete examination and course requirements. 

Reinstatement (between three months to three years) 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 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture: Full in accordance with Schedule 4: Part 4: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture 

• 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, registered or 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.  

Reinstatement After three years of non-Licensure

Reinstatement made three or more years after the applicant: 

a) ceased to have a practicing licence; or 

b) ceased to be licensed under the Former Act 

The Licence 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 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture: Full licence requirements, including some or all of the Specific Eligibility Standards in Schedule 4: Part 4: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture 

• Successful completion of a competency assessment as determined by assessment policy established by the License Committee; and 

• Completion of any additional requirements the Licence Committee deems appropriate in the circumstances of the Application 

Except for transfer from Non-Practising (Legacy)to Full Licence 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.  

Cancellation  

Full Licensee who will be taking an absence from practice (for example: parental leave or sabbatical) can choose to submit a cancellation application. 

Change of licence class

If you currently hold full licence (R.Ac./R.TCM.H./R.TCM.P.) with the College and wish to apply for another licence class,  please follow the instructions applicable to your situation:  

• Graduate from a Recognized TCM Programs 

• Graduate with Extrajurisdictional TCM Credentials