Our Role

The mandate or “Objects” of the Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority (HSCPOA) are set out in Section 12 of the Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority Act, 2021 as follows:

(a) to administer this Act and the regulations, including overseeing their enforcement;

(b) to establish and maintain educational and skills-based qualifications for each class of registrants;

(c) to establish and maintain one or more visual marks or identifiers for use by registrants that can identify registrants to members of the public;

(d) to promote the provision of safe, competent, ethical and high-quality health services and supportive care services by registrants to members of the public;

(e) to establish and maintain codes of ethics applicable to each class of registrants in relation to the health services or supportive care services they provide to members of the public;

(f) to educate registrants, employers and members of the public about matters relating to this Act and the regulations;

(g) to advise the Minister, at the Minister’s request, on matters specified by the Minister, which may include:

    (i) whether additional classes of registration should be prescribed,
    (ii) whether existing classes of registration should no longer be prescribed,
    (iii) suggestions for amendments to the Act or the regulations to support the operations of the Authority, and
    (iv) any other policy matter concerning the Authority’s objects that the Minister considers advisable; and

(h) to carry out any other duties or powers assigned to the Authority under this  Act.