Through participation in the Quality Assurance Program, the College:
- Assists registrants to improve their individual competence;
- Identifies registrants demonstrating a need for improvement in competence and provides support for enhancement;
- Evaluates dietitians' participation in the Quality Assurance Program;
- Identifies the issues affecting the practice of dietetics and quality of service;
- Helps identify risk in dietetic practice; and
- Evaluates the impact of Quality Assurance Program to ensure that it remains effective.
All registrants of the College, regardless of their employment status or area of practice are required to participate in the Quality Assurance Program. Registrants practicing and/or residing out-of-province are also included.
Registrants who have signed a voluntary undertaking are exempt from participating in the Quality Assurance program.
Each component of the Program is anchored to the Integrated Competencies for Dietetic Education and Practice (ICDEP).
Cooperation with the College
The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, confers powers on the College for the purposes of the Quality Assurance Program to conduct practice assessments of dietitians to ensure continuing competence for public protection. Employers must cooperate with the College’s practice assessments of a Registered Dietitian. Refusal to cooperate is an offense. Furthermore, it is professional misconduct for a dietitian to fail to cooperate with the College during a practice assessment.
The Quality Assurance Regulation, 1991, stipulates the components of the Quality Assurance Program, the College's responsibility in implementing the program, and registrants' responsibility in meeting the requirements of the program.
Note: This website provides current and updated information. Should there be a difference with documentation previously distributed to registrants, it is up to the members to source the latest version posted on the College website.
Articles of Interest
5 Questions about the CDO Quality Assurance Program (Regulation Matters, May 2022)
Keeping Up Quality Practice in Demanding Times (Regulation Matters, May 2022)