Mission
The College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Manitoba protects and serves the public by regulating and ensuring competent, safe, ethical practice of audiologists and speech-language pathologists in Manitoba.
Core Functions
The College protects, serves, and regulates through:
- Conducting the affairs of the College in a transparent, objective, impartial, and fair manner
- Setting standards for practice
- Registering qualified audiologists and speech-language pathologists who wish to practice their professions in Manitoba
- Ensuring the continuing competence of its registrants
- Receiving complaints, conducting investigations and appeals, and taking appropriate disciplinary action
Mandate of the College
The College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Manitoba (CASLPM) regulates two health professions: audiology and speech-language pathology.
Persons who practice audiology or speech-language pathology in the province of Manitoba are regulated under The Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA), the Practice of Audiology and Practice of Speech-Language Pathology Regulation, the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Manitoba General Regulation, and the CASLPM By-Laws and practice directions.
As stated in the RHPA, Section 10(2), the mandate of the College is:
| a. | to regulate the practice of the health profession and govern its members in accordance with this Act and the regulations and by-laws; |
| b. | to develop, establish and maintain standards of academic or technical achievement and qualification required for registration as a member and monitor compliance with and enforce those standards; |
| c. | to develop, establish and maintain standards of practice to enhance the quality of practice by members and monitor compliance with and enforce those standards; |
| d. | to develop, establish and maintain a continuing competency program for members to promote high standards of knowledge and skill; |
| e. | to promote the ability of members to respond to changes in practice environments, advances in technology and other emerging issues; |
| f. | to work in consultation with the minister towards achieving access for the people of Manitoba to adequate numbers of qualified and competent members of the regulated health profession; |
| g. | to develop, establish and maintain programs that provide information about the health profession, and that assist persons in exercising their rights under this Act and the regulations, by-laws and code of ethics; |
| h. | to promote and enhance the college’s relations with its members, other colleges, key stakeholders, and the public; |
| i. | to promote inter-professional collaboration with other colleges; |
| j. | to administer the college’s affairs and perform its duties and carry out its powers in accordance with this Act and the regulations and by-laws. |
