{"id":7346,"date":"2025-12-18T08:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/?page_id=7346"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:05:09","slug":"as-of-right","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/applicants\/registered-in-another-province\/as-of-right\/","title":{"rendered":"As of Right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"content-section-block has-fade-in-up  align wp-block-acf-content-section\" id=\"section-pathway-for-occupational-therapists-registered-in-another-province\">\n    <div class=\"section-header \">\n        <h2>Pathway for Occupational Therapists Registered in Another Province<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"content-section\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>If you wish to start working as an occupational therapist in Ontario under As of Right legislation, you will need the following:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact information and your physical location in Ontario.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information about your registration in a Canadian jurisdiction. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You must have the equivalent of an Ontario General Practicing certificate of registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not been refused registration in another Canadian jurisdiction within the past two years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No findings of professional misconduct, incompetence, or incapacity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not be the subject of any current professional misconduct, incompetence, or incapacity proceedings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Details about your professional liability insurance, applicable to practice in Ontario.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be physically present in Ontario to provide services to Ontario residents.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"content-section-block has-fade-in-up  align wp-block-acf-content-section\" id=\"section-applying-under-as-of-right\">\n    <div class=\"section-header \">\n        <h2>Applying under As of Right<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"content-section\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>To apply under As of Right, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete all sections of the <strong>As of Right Attestation Form<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/COTO-2025-As-of-Right-Application.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/COTO-2025-As-of-Right-Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/COTO_AsOfRightApplication-FR.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/COTO_AsOfRightApplication-FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">French<\/a>), ensuring all sections marked with an asterisk (*) are filled in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pay the $45.20 As of Right fee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email your completed form and proof of payment to: <ins><a href=\"mailto:registration@coto.org\">registration@coto.org<\/a><\/ins>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will receive email confirmation that you are authorized to practice in Ontario.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-off-white-background-color has-background has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Once you are authorized by the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO), you can start working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We will send your instructions to set up your <a href=\"https:\/\/otportal.coto.org\/SignIn\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/otportal.coto.org\/SignIn\/\">COTO Portal<\/a> account and continue your standard registration application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Log in to the COTO Portal once your account is created and complete your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/applicants\/apply-now\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standard registration application<\/a> for registrants of another province within <strong>six months<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-off-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c1af7ab2570f7112460aa06936cbce30 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-off-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cb75c76027f86ad21c498392b6732771\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\"><strong>Note: <\/strong>Your authorization to practice will expire six months from the day you begin to provide occupational therapy services in Ontario if: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">you have not been issued a certification of registration, or <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">your application is denied. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/COTO-2025-As-of-Right-Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply now under As of Right<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Questions about applying under &#8220;As of Right&#8221;?<\/strong> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/applicants\/registered-in-another-province\/as-of-right\/as-of-right-faq\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7901\">See our &#8220;As of Right&#8221; Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">If you have questions about practicing in Ontario,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/registrants\/practice-standards-guidance\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view our practice standards and guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions about applying under &#8220;As of Right&#8221;? See our &#8220;As of Right&#8221; Frequently Asked Questions If you have questions about practicing in Ontario,&nbsp;view our practice standards and guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":334,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-sidebar-page","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"Find information about pathway for occupational therapists registered in another province, as well as applying under As of Right.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8109,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7346\/revisions\/8109"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}