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amended by B.C. Reg. 128/2025
effective April 1, 2026
Employment and Assistance Regulation
94 Section 1 (1) of the Employment and Assistance Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2002, is amended
(a) in the definition of "dietitian" by striking out "Health Professions Act" and substituting "Health Professions and Occupations Act", and
(b) by repealing the definition of "midwife" and substituting the following:
"midwife" means a person who is authorized under the Health Professions and Occupations Act to practise the designated health profession of midwifery; .
95 Section 2 (1) is repealed and the following substituted:
(1) In this section, "health professional" means a person who is
(a) authorized under the Health Professions and Occupations Act to practise the designated health profession of
(i) medicine,
(ii) nursing or psychiatric nursing,
(iii) occupational therapy, physical therapy or psychology, or
(iv) chiropractic,
(b) a registrant within the meaning of the Social Workers Act, or
(c) a Registered Clinical Counsellor in good standing with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.
96 Section 1 of Schedule C is amended
(a) by repealing the definitions of "acupuncturist", "audiologist", "chiropractor", "dental hygienist", "dentist", "denturist", "hearing instrument practitioner", "massage therapist", "naturopath", "occupational therapist", "optician", "optometrist", "physical therapist", "physical therapy" and "podiatrist", and
(b) by repealing the definitions of "hearing instrument", "ophthalmologist" and "specialist" and substituting the following:
"hearing instrument" has the same meaning as "wearable hearing instrument" in section 3 (1) of the Schedule to the Regulated Health Practitioners Regulation;
"ophthalmologist" means a specialist whose specialist qualifications are in the practice of ophthalmology;
"specialist" means a medical practitioner who is recognized by the regulator that is responsible, under the Health Professions and Occupations Act, for governing the designated health profession of medicine as having specialist qualifications in the practice of medicine.
97 The following section is added to Schedule C:
1.1 In this Schedule, a person described in Column 1 of the following table means a person who is authorized under the Health Professions and Occupations Act to practise the designated health profession described opposite the person in Column 2:
| Item | Column 1 Licensee | Column 2 Designated health profession |
| 1 | acupuncturist | traditional Chinese medicine, if the person is authorized to provide acupuncture services |
| 2 | audiologist | audiology |
| 3 | chiropractor | chiropractic |
| 4 | dental hygienist | dental hygiene |
| 5 | dentist | dentistry |
| 6 | denturist | denturism |
| 7 | hearing instrument practitioner | hearing instrument dispensing |
| 8 | massage therapist | massage therapy |
| 9 | naturopath | naturopathic medicine |
| 10 | occupational therapist | occupational therapy |
| 11 | optician | opticianry |
| 12 | optometrist | optometry |
| 13 | physical therapist | physical therapy |
| 14 | podiatrist | podiatric medicine |
| 15 | respiratory therapist | respiratory therapy |
98 Section 2 of Schedule C is amended
(a) in subsection (1) (c) by repealing the table and substituting the following:
| Item | Column 1 Service | Column 2 Provided by |
| 1 | acupuncture | acupuncturist |
| 2 | chiropractic | chiropractor |
| 3 | massage therapy | massage therapist |
| 4 | naturopathic medicine | naturopath |
| 5 | non-surgical podiatric medicine | podiatrist |
| 6 | physical therapy | physical therapist |
, and
(b) in subsections (2) and (2.1) by striking out "non-surgical podiatry services, naturopathy services" and substituting "non-surgical podiatric medicine services, naturopathic medicine services".
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