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The Credentialing Standard contains all the important and detailed information applicants may have regarding their application. This includes but is not limited to:

• Application requirements for each registration category such as, Education/training, work experience, professional work products, references, mandatory training etc.      
• A definitions section that covers terms in the Credentialing Standard
• Appendices that cover Course Requirements and Definitions and individual checklists for each registrant category.

The Application Self-assessment Tool helps you decide which registrant category may best align with your qualifications. The questionnaire results are based upon the answers an individual provides and is not an approval for registration or part of the College’s official registration process. To apply to become a College registrant, you must complete the registration application.

Ensure you understand the application process and status of an application.

For applicants with international credentials, the College requires:

1. A course by course education/training credential assessment:
   • From a recognized credentialing service such as WES, ICES, and CES;
   • That includes official transcripts sent directly to the credentialing service provider by the issuing educational institution; &
   • Provided to the College directly from the recognized credentialing service.
2. Course descriptions in English. Many credential evaluation centres provide this service along with the assessment of credential.

Note: The College does not accept unauthenticated credentials, such as:

• Credential evaluation reports that were conducted using photocopies of original documents or original copies obtained from an applicant.
• Translated documents derived from copies submitted to a translator by an applicant.

The above are required to:

• Confirm that international education/training (i.e., degree, diploma, certificate) and associated courses are accepted as an international credential(s) recognized and the equivalent to Canadian education/training; and
• Assess courses taken and submitted in an application meet the College’s education/training definitions & requirements for the registrant category an applicant has applied for.

The College does not accept transcripts directly from applicants, regardless of whether the credentials were issued in Canada/USA or internationally. All transcripts must be sent directly to the College by a recognized credentialing service provider or a Canadian/USA educational institution.

Review the frequently asked questions about internationally trained applicants.

• The Government of British Columbia through the BC Labour Mobility Act and the Canadian Fair Trade Agreement (CFTA) recognizes labour mobility for professionals in Canada, this means that any worker fully certified for an occupation by one Authority shall be recognized as qualified to practice that occupation by the other Authority. Other registered biology professionals from another Canadian jurisdiction are able to apply for registration in the reciprocal registrant category in the College specifically the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists (ASPB):  
  • Professional Biologist to Registered Professional Biologist.

• If you are one of the above ASPB registrants who wants to apply to the College, complete the following steps:
  1. Go to https://portal.cab.pathwisedev.ca/applicants/start to start your application/
  2. Select the Labour Mobility application stream and complete the required steps; and
  3. Pay the application fee

If you have any questions, please contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar_office@cab.pathwisedev.ca or phone 250-383-3306.

• The College has a Mutual Recognition Agreement for labour mobility with the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in the United Kingdom. The agreement allows an individual registered as a Chartered Biologist (CBiol) with the RSB, to become a Registered Professional Biologist (RPBio) and vice versa.

If you are a CBiol with RSB who wants to apply to the College, complete the following steps:

1. Go to https://portal.cab.pathwisedev.ca/applicants/start to start your application/
2. Select the RSB application stream and complete the required steps; and
3. Pay the application fee

If you have any questions, please contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar_office@cab.pathwisedev.ca or phone 250-383-3306.

• If an educational or training institution, or provider wishes to have a program accredited by the College, they can apply here.
• Programs are required to meet the same education/training requirements for the registrant category to be accredited as individuals. This information is found in the College’s Credentialing Standard.
  • Accreditation application requires course outlines for all the required courses for that registrant category.
• Programs are accredited for 3 years unless a program changes and no longer meets the Colleges accreditation requirements.

There are several options for a Registrant to change their registration status this includes:

• On-leave (also referred to as Temporarily Withdrawal)
• Reinstating (from on leave, cancelled, resigning or retiring)
• Resigning
• Retiring

For more information on Change of Registration Status, please click here.

• On-leave registrants are required to pay annual dues. Refer to Schedule 2 – Fees and Charges of the College Bylaws for up-to-date annual dues fees.
• Available to all active registrants (RPBio, RBTech, ABT, AB-LL, BIT, ABT in Training, & RBTech in Training) for one of the reasons below:
  • Parental leave
  • Educational leave
  • Medical leave
  • Compassionate leave
• On-leave is granted for a maximum of three (3) years after which the registrant must either reinstate or resign their registration. You must reinstate three (3) years from the date you were registered as on leave.

In accordance with Bylaw 7-3, on-leave registrants do not have to meet Continuing Professional Development Standard requirements during their first year registered as on-leave. After a registrant has been registered as on-leave for one year, they must meet the Continuing Professional Development Standard.

Resigning

• No annual registration fee(s). 
• Available to all registrants.
• A registrant has a maximum of three (3) years to reinstate from the date they were registered as resigned.
• Upon acceptance to resigned status the registrant destroy their seal. This can be done by scoring the seal and sending a photo of it to the Registrar’s Office registrar_office@cab.pathwisedev.ca

Retiring 

• Retired registrants are required to pay annual registration dues. Refer to Schedule 2 – Fees and Charges of the College Bylaws for up-to-date annual dues fees.
• Can no longer practice applied biology in either a paid or volunteer capacity and does not expect to do so in the future and cannot use their College issued seal (if they received one)
• Available to an RPBio, RBTech or ABT
• A retired registrant has a maximum of three (3) years to reinstate from the date they were registered as retired.

Retired registrants do not have to meet Continuing Professional Development or Mandatory Training requirements. For more information on tasks retired registrants are able to take on, please refer to Interpretation of Bylaw 5-8 for Retired Registrants.

There are several circumstances in which a registrant may want to return to active status by reinstating in their registration:

• From on-leave to active status (RPBio, RBTech, ABT, AB-LL, ABT in Training, BIT or RBTech in Training); OR
• From cancelled, resigned or retired status to active status.

In all cases, an individual has a maximum of three (3) years to reinstate from the date they were registered as on-leave, cancelled, resigned or retired. Different fee structures apply depending on whether the change in status is from on-leave/retired or resigned/cancelled. Refer to Schedule 2 – Fees and Charges of the College Bylaws for up-to-date fees.

If reinstatement is not applied for within three years, an individual must re-apply for registration in the registrant portal and meet all the credentialing requirements for the registrant category they are applying for. Please refer to the Credentialing Standard above for all registration category requirements