Change Status (Reclassify)

Ret. - Retired

  • Available to an RPBio or RBTech who is no longer practicing applied biology in either a paid or volunteer capacity and does not expect to do so in the future.
  • Retired 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.
  • For more information on tasks retired registrants are able to take on, please refer to Interpretation of Bylaw 5-8  for retired members. Upon acceptance to Retired status the registrant destroy their seal. This can be done by scoring the seal and sending a photo of it to the Registrar.  

On Leave

  • Available to practicing and in-training registrants who are no longer practicing applied biology in either a paid or volunteer capacity.
  • 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.

On-leave is granted 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. 

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.  

Do you want to reinstate your registration?

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

  • reclassifying from on-leave to active status,
  • reclassifying from retired status to active status,
  • returning from being resigned or removed from the register

In all cases, registrants have a maximum of three (3) years to reinstate. Different fee structures apply depending on whether the reclassification is from on-leave/retired or resigned/removed. Refer to Schedule 2 - Fees and Charges of the College Bylaws for up-to-date annual dues fees.

IF REINSTATEMENT IS NOT REQUESTED WITHIN THREE YEARS, YOU MUST RE-APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AND MEET ALL CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS.

Please contact the Registrar if you have any questions: [email protected]

Apply to change your status