Discipline
About the Discipline Hearings Process
The Ontario Massage Therapists Discipline Tribunal (OMTDT) is the discipline committee of the College and conducts hearings into allegations of professional misconduct and incompetence. These hearings typically proceed in two stages.
The liability or merits phase of a discipline hearing involves a panel of the OMTDT deciding whether allegations against a registered massage therapist (RMT/MT) have been proven. If a panel makes findings of professional misconduct or incompetence, the hearing proceeds to a penalty phase, following which the panel may make one or more of these orders:
- Require that the RMT be reprimanded;
- Direct the Registrar to suspend or revoke the RMT’s Certificate of Registration; and/or
- Direct the Registrar to impose terms, conditions or limitations on the RMT’s Certificate of Registration.
When appropriate, the panel may order an RMT to pay all or part of the College’s expenses associated with the investigation, prosecution and hearing. While costs are not part of the penalty, requests for costs are considered at the penalty phase of a hearing.
For more information on the discipline hearings process, please visit hpdt.ca.
Appeals
RMTs may appeal decisions of the OMTDT to Ontario’s Divisional Court. In most cases, filing an appeal does not automatically suspend the OMTDT’s order.
Health Professions Discipline Tribunals (HPDT)
Effective April 14, 2025, the OMTDT has adopted the HPDT Rules of Procedure. Information about the Rules of Procedure, Practice Directions and Guides can be found on the HPDT website.
For proceedings where the former Discipline Committee Rules apply, those Rules and accompanying forms in downloadable format are available below:
- Discipline Committee Rules
- Form 1 – Notice of Motion / Formulaire 1: Avis de requête
- Form 2 – Order / Formulaire 2: Ordonnance
- Form 3 – Pre-hearing Conference Memorandum / Formulaire 3: Mémoire de la conférence préparatoire
- Form 4 – Request for Adjournment / Formulaire 4: Demande d’ajournement
- Form 5 – Notice of Application – Reinstatement / Formulaire 5: Avis de demande – réintégration
- Form 6 – Case Management Conference Memo – Represented Parties
- Form 7 – Case Management Conference Memo – Self-Represented Party
