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The BC Animal Owners Association met with the Minister of Agriculture in December 2017.​

​The Minister and Staff expressed their concern about who would provide an oversight body responsible for regulating non-veterinary animal health professions and their practitioners.
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BCAOA facilitated monthly teleconferences with the Non-Veterinary Health Professional representatives as the group collaborated through the process of creating the Governance Document and Bylaws for a new Regulatory Body for these professions.
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​​BCAOA presented this Governance Document and Bylaws to the Ministry of Agriculture in May 2019 on behalf of this group of non-veterinary health professions.
Currently BCAOA and the non-veterinary health professions are waiting for a comprehensive response from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Governance Document and Bylaws address a number of issues including:
  • Registration requirements and fees etc.
  • Code of Ethics
  • Standards of Practice
  • Scope of Practice
  • Standards of Education
  • Continuing Education
  • Certification
  • Disciplinary Action/Committees etc.
  • Use of Reserved Titles
 "Regulation of health professionals is part of the foundation of safe health care and ensures that trust in health professionals is maintained. The public must be comfortable seeking care from health professionals and have confidence that these professionals will deliver safe, effective, ethical care. Regulation is one of the key mechanisms that assures patients that the care they receive is provided by qualified, capable and competent professionals." 
- From Modernizing the provincial health profession regulatory framework: a paper for consultation, November 2019, p.2)​
Modernizing the provincial health profession regulatory framework
Read the full paper

Change is needed. It's time to speak up!

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