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Posts
Sep 2024
- 2024 Board Elections Results
- Philip Yiu Cho Lau – CMTO Suspends Certificate of Registration
- Dylan Larios Bonilla – CMTO Suspends Certificate of Registration
- STRiVE – Part 1: Be the Best You Can Be is Now Open
Aug 2024
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Board Elections – Voting is Now Open
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
Jul 2024
- Notice of Election – Districts 3, 4, and 8
- Call for Non-Board Professional Members
- Provide Your Feedback: Draft Health History Guidance
- Regulations Update and Registration Fees for 2025
Jun 2024
May 2024
Apr 2024
- Notice of Special Board Meeting
- RMTs and Massage Therapy students: You are Invited to Attend Town Halls
Mar 2024
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- CMTO Submits College Performance Measurement Framework Reporting Tool
- Practice Profile Is Now Open
Feb 2024
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Updated Registration Regulation in Effect as of July 1, 2024
- Call for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee non-Board Members
Jan 2024
Dec 2023
Nov 2023
Oct 2023
- 2023 Board Elections – Voting is Now Open
- Risks of Over-Collecting Health Information for Clients and RMTs
- CMTO’s 2024 Registration Renewal Is Open
Sep 2023
- Notice of Election and By-Election – Districts 2, 4, 5 and 7
- Important Notice: Change in Date for District Elections
- CMTO Invites RMTs to Attend Open Houses
- It’s Here! STRiVE – Part 1: Be the Best You Can Be
Jul 2023
Jun 2023
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- CMTO Releases 2022 Annual Report
- Reminder: It’s Tick Season in Ontario
May 2023
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Provide Your Feedback: Draft Advertising and Records Standards of Practice
- CMTO’s 2024 Fees
Apr 2023
Mar 2023
Feb 2023
- CMTO’s Physical Office Closed February 23
- Provide Your Feedback – Proposed Changes to CMTO’s Registration Regulation
Jan 2023
Dec 2022
- Help Support the Objectively Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE)
- Holiday Closure and Technology Downtime
Nov 2022
- Liming (or Li Ming) Qu – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
- Notice of Election and Call for Non-Council Members
- Chad Drown – Charged in connection to contacting a minor to commit a sexual offence in California
Oct 2022
Sep 2022
- CMTO’s 2023 Registration Renewal Is Open
- Ryan Preston – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
- CMTO Releases Scores, Continues to Investigate Cheating in RMT Certification Exams
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
Aug 2022
- Registration Fees for 2023
- Manuel Enrique Batista Hornia – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
- Materials and Livestream Link – Special Meeting of Council
- Notice of Special Meeting of Council
- CMTO Investigating Cheating in RMT Certification Exams
- Peter Witz – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
- New Workshop Series: Anti-Racism and Equity for Health Professionals
- Ujjwal Jain – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
- Zhao Hui (Jack) Wang – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
Jul 2022
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- CMTO Releases 2021 Annual Report
- Internet and Cell Outages
- Share Your Feedback on Massage Therapy
Jun 2022
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Update on Monkeypox Reporting
- Monkeypox Information
- End of Mandatory Masking and Wind Down of COVID-19 Directives
- Most Mask Mandates Ending June 11
May 2022
Apr 2022
Mar 2022
- CMTO Submits College Performance Measurement Framework Reporting Tool
- Yu Liu – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charges
- COVID-19 Update: New Guidance for RMTs
- COVID-19 Update: Announcement on Mask Mandates
- Tenpa Chonjor – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
Feb 2022
Jan 2022
Dec 2021
Nov 2021
- CMTO’s Council Appoints new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer
- RMTs Eligible for Booster Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
Oct 2021
Sep 2021
- CMTO Strongly Encourages COVID-19 Vaccination for RMTs
- CMTO’s 2020 Annual Report
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
Aug 2021
- Ministry of Health Updates Patient Screening Guidance
- COVID-19 Update: August 17, 2021
- Masoud Zhian – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
Jul 2021
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- CMTO Introduces Enhanced Web Features
- COVID-19 Update: Ontario moves to Step 3 on July 16
- Share your thoughts: Equity and Anti-Racism Survey
- Notice of System Maintenance
- CMTO to Launch New Standards of Practice on January 1, 2022
Jun 2021
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Recording Available for Privacy Webinar
- COVID-19 Update: Ontario moves to Step 2 on June 30
- COVID-19 Update: Ontario moves to Step 1 on June 11
May 2021
- You’re Invited: Upcoming Privacy Webinar
- COVID-19: New Government Announcements
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Ontario Extends Stay-at-Home Order (no direct impact on RMTs’ practice)
Apr 2021
- Ontario Extends Current Restrictions (no direct impact on RMTs’ practice)
- Ontario Announces Stay-at-Home Order
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- COVID-19 Update: April 1, 2021
Mar 2021
Feb 2021
- COVID-19 Update: February 25, 2021
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- COVID-19 Update: February 2, 2021
- Scheduled Website Maintenance
Jan 2021
- Rolando Arango – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charges
- Scheduled Website Maintenance
- 2021 Election Results – Districts 2, 5 and 7
- COVID-19 Update: January 12, 2021
Dec 2020
- COVID-19 Update: December 21, 2020
- Winter Holiday Hours of Operation Update
- Call for Non-Council Members
- COVID-19 Update: December 11, 2020
- Gerard Rodrigues – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Further Charges
Nov 2020
- COVID-19 Update: RMTs (as Regulated Health Professionals) are Currently Practising in Ontario
- Statement by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario
- Notice of Election – Districts 2, 5 and 7
- COVID-19 Update, Feedback on CMTO Standards, Renewal and More
Oct 2020
- We Welcome Your Feedback – Consultation on Draft Standards of Practice
- 2020 Virtual Open House Webinar is Online and Share your Feedback on the Draft Standards of Practice
- Technical Issues
- Technical Issues – Update
- Michel Sarkis – Update: CMTO Confirms Investigation into Additional Criminal Charges
- Scheduled Website Maintenance
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- CMTO’s 2019 Annual Report
- Annual Renewal – Now Open: Renew your Certificate of Registration for 2021
Sep 2020
- Register Today for CMTO’s 2020 Virtual Open House Webinar!
- Michel Sarkis – Update: CMTO Confirms Investigation into Allegations of Sexual Abuse
- Michel Sarkis – CMTO Confirms Investigation into Sexual Assault Charge
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
Aug 2020
- Employment Opportunities Supporting the OSCE – Deadline Extended!
- 2021 CMTO Registration Fees – Special Split Payment
- Updated COVID-19 Practice Guidance and FAQs
- Employment Opportunities Supporting the OSCE
Jul 2020
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- We want to know what you think about evidence-informed Massage Therapy practice!
- New Resource and Updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) Resource
Jun 2020
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Recording Now Available: Infection Prevention and Control for Regulated Health Professionals
- Client Resource and Screening Guidance
- Upcoming Webinar – COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control for Regulated Health Professionals
- Scheduled Website Maintenance
May 2020
- Update: Gradual Restart of Services
- Gradual Restart of Services: Updated Government Order and Practice Guidance for RMTs
- Technical Issues
- Closure of all Non-Essential Businesses – Order extended until May 29, 2020
- Closure of Non-Essential Business Extended and Practice Guidance for RMTs
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
- Closure of Non-Essential Business Extended until May 19, 2020
- Preparing for a Future Return to Practice
Apr 2020
- Government Updates Directive #2
- Closure of Non-Essential Business Extended until May 6, 2020
- COVID-19: Non-Essential Business Closure Extended to April 23
- A Message from the President and Registrar
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
Mar 2020
- COVID-19 Update: Massage Therapists Cannot Practice – Massage Therapy is Not Emergency Care
- COVID-19 Update – Premier’s Announcement, Ministry of Health Healthcare Provider Recruitment and new CMTO COVID-19 webpage
- COVID-19 Update – Directive from Chief Medical Officer and FAQs for RMTs
- College of Massage Therapists of Ontario Providing Services Remotely
- COVID-19 Updated Guidance
Feb 2020
- Update from Ministry of Health on COVID-19 – Updated March 13, 2020
- Update on Holiday Hours of Operation
Jan 2020
- Update from Ministry of Health on Coronavirus
- Coronavirus Update for RMTs
- Gerard Rodrigues – Update: CMTO Confirms Investigation into Additional Charges
- Massage Therapy Title Protection in Nova Scotia
- 2020 Election Results – Districts 1, 6 and 9
- Gerard Rodrigues – Update: CMTO Confirms Investigation into Further Charges
Consultation Messages
- We Welcome Your Feedback – Draft Health History Guidance
- Discussion Board – New Standards of Practice
Board Comments
Board Replies
Plugin Options
Events
TouchPoints
- Have Your Say: Draft Health History Guidance
- 2025 Registration Fees, and Updates on Registration and General Regulations
- Get Ready for STRiVE
- Conduct Corner: Case Study on Upholding Professional Boundaries and Communication
- Ask the Practice Specialist: A Client has Asked to Connect with me on my Personal Social Media Account
- Message from Registrar & CEO: Update from the 2023 Annual Report
- Notice of Election – Districts 3, 4 and 8
- CMTO Releases New Social Media Guidelines for RMTs
- Get Ready! Be the Best You Can Be Coming Soon
- Thank You for Attending CMTO/RMTAO’s Town Halls!
- Health History Guidance
- Board Highlights
- RMTs and Massage Therapy students: You are Invited to Attend Town Halls
- Prevention of Sexual Abuse Symposium Follow-Up: Client Focused Poster and Summary Report
- “Massage Matters”: CMTO’s New Publication for Massage Therapy Clients and Students
- RMTs: Thank You for Completing Your Practice Profile
- Conduct Corner: Case Study
- CMTO Submits 2023 CPMF Report
- Practice Profile Opens March 1
- Administrative Monetary Penalties Now in Effect as Part of the Personal Health Information Protection Act
- Reminder on the Annual Reporting Requirement to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC)
- Recap of CMTO’s Prevention of Sexual Abuse Symposium
- Conduct Corner: Case Study
- Planning for Retirement? Here are Some Tips on Record Retention
- Welcome 2024 Board Members!
- Updated Registration Regulation in Effect as of July 1, 2024
- Board Highlights
- New Requirement (for New Applicants) Comes into Effect on January 1, 2024
- STRiVE Update
- Thanks for Attending Our Fall Events
- Board Election Results
- Board Highlights
- 2024 Renewal is Now Open
- New Requirement (for New Applicants) Comes in Effect on January 1, 2024
- STRiVE Part 1: Be the Best You Can Be
- CMTO Invites RMTs to Attend Open House in District 5
- Board Highlights
- Message from the Registrar & CEO: Annual Report Highlights
- Changes are Coming to STRiVE Part 1: Be the Best You Can Be
- CMTO Open Houses Coming in the Fall
- ‘Look Before You Book’ is Back!
- STRiVE Updates
- Optional Jurisprudence Program Now Available to RMTs
- Have Your Say: Draft Advertising and Records Standards of Practice
- Update on Collecting Client-Centred Health History
- Ask the Practice Specialist: Do I need to get the client’s written consent to share their health information?
- Council Highlights
- Ask the Practice Specialist: Can I perform a CBD massage if I don’t use my RMT designation?
- CMTO Partners with Other Colleges on Innovative Tribunal Pilot
- Notice of Special Meeting of Council
- Practice Profile is Coming Soon!
- Updated Refresher Course
- COVID-19 Reminders
- RMTs: Thinking of leaving your practice? Here are answers to frequent questions.
- 2023 Council Elections Update
- Council Highlights
- Coming in 2023: CMTO’s New Risk-based Assessment
- New Practice Resources: Modalities, Techniques and Treatment Planning
- Updated Refresher Course Coming January 2023
- Thank You for Your Input: 2023-25 Strategic Plan
- Council Highlights
- À venir en 2023 : La nouvelle évaluation fondée sur le risque de l’Ordre des massothérapeutes de l’Ontario
- Nouvelles ressources pour la pratique : Modalités, technique et planification du traitement
- Mise à jour du cours de mise à niveau à venir en janvier 2023
- Merci de votre participation : le Plan stratégique 2023-25
- Points saillants du Conseil
- Le renouvellement pour 2023 commence le 30 septembre
- Exigences STRiVE dues le 30 novembre
- « Look Before You Book » est de retour!
- Bientôt disponible : Cours de recyclage mis à jour
- Nouvelle ressource de sensibilisation aux commotions cérébrales
- 2023 Renewal Opens Sept. 30
- STRiVE Requirements Due November 30
- ‘Look Before You Book’ is Back!
- Coming Soon: Updated Refresher Course
- New Concussion Awareness Resource
- Fin du port du masque obligatoire et retrait progressif des directives COVID-19
- End of Mandatory Masking and Wind Down of COVID-19 Directives
- Mise à jour des directives sur l’évaluation des risques pendant la pandémie de COVID-19
- Introduction à la nouvelle évaluation fondée sur le risque
- Rapport sur les soins directs aux clients
- Réponses à vos questions : Nouvelles normes d’exercice
- Nouveau guide pour les MTA exerçant plus d’une profession de santé
- Fournissez votre rétroaction : Modifications proposées aux frais d’inscription et de demande
- Points saillants du Conseil
- L’Ordre présente le rapport de 2021 sur le CMRO
- Updated Guidance on Assessing Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Introduction to the New Risk-based Assessment
- Reporting Direct Client Care
- Your Questions Answered: New Standards of Practice
- New Guide for RMTs Practising More Than One Health Profession
- Provide Your Feedback: Proposed Changes to Registration and Application Fees
- Council Highlights
- CMTO Submits 2021 CPMF Report
- Support Your Practice with Standard Spotlights
- Mise à jour sur STRiVE
- COVID-19 Highlights
- Mise à jour du règlement sur la faute professionnelle
- Soutenez votre pratique avec pleins feux sur les normes
- Council Highlights
- Welcome New Council Members!
- Professional Misconduct Regulation Update
- Bienvenue aux nouveaux membres du Conseil!
- Points saillants sur la COVID-19
- Update on STRiVE
- Points saillants du Conseil
- Mise à jour sur STRiVE pour 2021
- 2021 STRiVE Update
- Vous avez tout préparé pour janvier? De nouvelles normes de pratique seront bientôt en vigueur
- Ready for January? New Standards of Practice are coming
- Message de la présidente : Terminer l’année avec la nomination d’une nouvelle registrateure et cheffe de la direction générale
- Message from the President: Ending the Year with the Appointment of a new Registrar and CEO
- Points saillants sur la COVID-19
- COVID-19 Highlights
- Points saillants du conseil
- Council Highlights
- Nouveaux règlements administratifs en vigueur
- New By-Law Changes in Effect
- Résumé de la réunion du conseil
- Council Meeting Summary
- Points saillants sur la COVID-19
- COVID-19 Highlights
- L’Ordre encourage vivement la vaccination contre la COVID-19 pour les MTA
- CMTO Strongly Encourages COVID-19 Vaccination for RMTs
- La campagne annuelle de l’Ordre « Look Before You Book » est de retour!
- CMTO’s Annual ‘Look Before You Book’ Campaign is Back!
- Le renouvellement annuel de l’inscription est maintenant ouvert
- Annual Renewal is Now Open
- Enquête sur la pratique fondée sur des données probantes (PFDP) et domaines de preuves
- Evidence-Informed Practice (EIP) Survey and Domains of Evidence
- Préparez-vous : Les nouvelles normes de pratique entrent en vigueur le 1er janvier 2022
- Get Ready: The New Standards of Practice Take Effect January 1, 2022
- Médias sociaux et déontologie
- Social Media and Ethics
- L’art de donner et de recevoir de la rétroaction
- The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
- Legalization of Marijuana: How Will It Impact Your Practice?
- Légalisation de la marijuana : quelle sera l’incidence sur votre pratique?
- New Public Register Experience Coming Soon
- Mise à jour sur les vaccins contre la COVID-19
- COVID-19 Vaccine Update
- Pratique fondée sur des données probantes et pensée critique
- Evidence-Informed Practice and Critical Thinking
- Points saillants du Conseil
- Council Highlights
- L’Ordre des massothérapeutes de l’Ontario accueille une nouvelle registrateure adjointe!
- CMTO Welcomes New Deputy Registrar!
- Mise à jour sur STRiVE
- Update on STRiVE
- Message de la présidente
- Message from the President
- La COVID-19 et l’utilisation d’EPI supplémentaire
- COVID-19 and the Use of Additional PPE
- Nouvelles normes de pratique approuvées par le Conseil
- New Standards of Practice Approved by Council
- Rappel aux DRS concernant l’exigence de rapport annuel au Commissaire
- Reminder to HICs on the Annual Reporting Requirement to the Commissioner
- Rappel concernant les rapports obligatoires
- Mandatory Reporting Reminder
- Points saillants du Conseil
- Council Highlights
- Évaluation des risques pendant la pandémie COVID-19
- Assessing Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Mise à jour importante sur le Règlement administratif n° 7
- Important Update on By-Law No. 7
- Le Conseil approuve le tarif des audiences disciplinaires
- Council Approves Discipline Hearings Tariff
- Un rappel aux MTA sur le traitement de massothérapie par troc
- A Reminder to RMTs on Bartering Massage Therapy Treatment
- Annulation des politiques sur les modalités complémentaires et les modalités ne relevant pas du champ d’activité
- Rescinding CMTO’s Complementary Modalities and Modalities Outside of Scope Policies
- Quelles sont les prochaines étapes pour les normes de pratique?
- What’s Next for the Standards of Practice?
- Mise à jour sur le renouvellement de 2021
- 2021 Renewal Update
- Pour les clients — nouvelle section importante du site Web de l’Ordre des massothérapeutes de l’Ontario
- For Clients – Important New Section of the CMTO Website
- Renouvellement pour 2021 – Paiement fractionné spécial
- 2021 Renewal – Special Split Payment
- Arrêt des cartes d’identité avec photo
- Discontinuation of Photo ID Cards
- Message de la présidente
- Message from the President
- De nouvelles normes de pratique arrivent bientôt! Attendez-vous aux consultations cet automne
- New Standards of Practice Are Coming! Look for Consultations This Fall
- Activités pratiques et enquête fondées sur des données probantes
- Evidence-Informed Practice Activities and Survey
- Mise à jour STRiVE
- STRiVE Update
- Soutien recherche en massothérapie
- Massage Therapy Research Support
- Portes ouvertes 2020 – Rejoignez-nous, virtuellement!
- 2020 Open Houses – Join Us, Virtually!
- Préparez-vous : Les nouvelles normes de pratique entrent en vigueur le 1er janvier 2022
- L’art de donner et de recevoir de la rétroaction
- Evidence-Informed Practice and Critical Thinking
- COVID-19: New Government Announcements
- You’re Invited: Upcoming Privacy Webinar
- COVID-19 Vaccine Update
- New Public Register Experience Coming Soon
- The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Massage Matters
- CMTO Releases 2023 Annual Report
- Five Things to Know Before Booking a Massage
- Don’t Forget to Look Before You Book!
- Becoming an RMT in Ontario
- Preventing Sexual Abuse in Massage Therapy
- Get Involved with CMTO!
- Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- New Requirement Is Now in Effect for Applicants to CMTO
- Find an RMT Tool: Your No.1 Source for Reliable Information
- CMTO: Who We Are
Rules
- Understanding Professional Misconduct
- Social Media Guidelines
- Code of Ethics
- Record Keeping
- Advertising
- Cannabis
- Prevention of Sexual Abuse (Standard)
- Infection Prevention and Control (Standard)
- Communication (Standard)
- Draping and Physical Privacy (Standard)
- Conflict of Interest (Standard)
- Collaboration and Professional Relationships (Standard)
- Privacy and Confidentiality (Standard)
- Professional Boundaries (Standard)
- Safety and Risk Management (Standard)
- Acupuncture (Standard)
- Client-centred Care (Standard)
- Consent (Standard)
- Fees and Billing (Standard)
