Registry of Allied Animal Health Practitioners of Canada is a voluntary national registry for Non-Veterinarian Animal Health Practitioners across Canada.
03/09/2025
The highly anticipated proposed regulatory concepts to support the new legislation for the College of Veterinary of Ontario is now available for consultation.
RAAHP is encouraging practitioners and the public alike to fill out the survey.
https://www.cvo.org/veterinary-practice/consultations/regulatory-concepts
You are able to respond to the different sections. These are the ones that pertain to Non-Veterinarian Animal Health Practitioners:
Authorized Activities: The Non-delegation of activities such as ‘diagnosis’ and ‘acupuncture / dry needling’ means that neither an an animal TCM practitioner or an animal physio can convey the summation of their findings (i.e. a TCM diagnosis or a rehab diagnosis) or perform acupuncture or dry needling. These tasks should be delegatable to qualified non-vets (i.e. animal physios or animal TCM practitioners), when a veterinarian is unable to come up with a veterinary diagnosis or to perform acupuncture or dry needling themselves.
Animal Rehabilitation: In this section, we believe that animal physios should be allowed to communicate a rehab or physical diagnosis. Likewise, animal TCM practitioners should be allowed to communicate a TCM diagnosis. (Of note, Chiropractors will be permitted to communicate a chiropractic diagnosis under the new act.) Additionally, acupuncture and dry needling should be authorized to animal physios and acupuncturists with additional training. We would suggest that either the RAAHP registry be used to roster qualified individuals, or that the CVO create a roster of such persons.
Animal owners could lose out without some minor changes in these areas. Please complete the survey to voice your opinion!
Regulates the delivery of veterinary medicine in Ontario. All veterinarians practising in Ontario must be licensed by the College.
