Partners and Stakeholders
CSMLS represents the professional interests of medical laboratory technologists and medical laboratory assistants through membership on committees, presentation of briefs, and discussions with government departments and other Canadian health-professional organizations.
CSMLS has representation on:
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Steering Committee on Health Care
- CMA Committee on Assembly of Health Science Professionals (AHSP)
- Accreditation Canada
- Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
- Health Action Lobby (HEAL)
- CLSI
- The Canadian Network of National Associations of Regulators
- The Canadian Coalition for Public Health in the 21st Century
- Collaborative Forum on Health Science Education
- Canadian Patient Safety Institute
- Canada Health Infoway
Occasionally CSMLS present briefs and discussion papers to commissions and task forces whose mandate covers anything that might affect CSMLS members or the profession. CSMLS works with Health Canada and the Advisory Committee on Health Delivery and Human Resources to address the emerging HR shortage in our profession.
CSMLS works closely with provincial societies and regulatory bodies. The structure and function of the provincial organizations varies from province to province. British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island have voluntary societies that represent the profession. In Alberta, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan, the provincial regulatory body and the provincial society are one in the same. In Ontario and Manitoba the regulatory body and professional society are separate organizations.
The National Advocacy Council (NAC) consists of elected presidents from each provincial society and from CSMLS. In provinces where the professional society role is also taken by the regulatory body, that organization’s elected president is the NAC representative. The NAC works on issues related to awareness and advocacy for the profession, as well as issues referred by the CSMLS Board of Directors and the joint committees for Marketing & Communications and Professional Development.
The voting members of the National Regulatory Council (NRC) are the elected presidents of the provincial regulatory bodies and CSMLS. The NRC normally meets at the same time as NAC meetings. The Council works on issues related to professional regulation, continuing competency requirements and entry level issues, as well as other items such as the Medical Laboratory Technology Agreement on Internal Trade. Non-voting NRC members include senior staff of the regulatory bodies and representatives from provincial societies that do not have a regulatory function.
Provincial regulatory bodies (also called regulatory colleges) establish the rules and regulations that determine who may practice as a medical laboratory technologist. Their primary role is to protect the public.
CSMLS works in partnership with provincial regulatory bodies but is a completely separate organization.
Regulatory bodies exist in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. If you wish to work as an MLT in any of these provinces, you must be registered with the provincial regulatory body. Medical laboratory assistants are not a regulated health profession in Canada at this time.
Provincial Societies and Regulatory Bodies
BC Society of Laboratory Science (BCSLS)
720-999 West Broadway Ave.
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K5
(604) 714-1760 or (800) 304-0033
FAX (604) 738-4080
College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Alberta (CMLTA)
301-9426 51 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB T6E 5A6
t. 780 435 5452 ext 225
f. 780 437 1442
Saskatchewan Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (SSMLT)
201-2124 Broad Street
Regina, SK S4P 1Y5
Mailing Address
Box 3837
Regina, SK S4P 3R8
Manitoba Association for Medical Laboratory Science (MAMLS)
585 London St
Winnipeg MB R2K 2Z6
(204) 669-9050
FAX (204) 667-1747
College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Manitoba (CMLTM)
146-2025 Corydon Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3P 0N5
(204) 231-0311
FAX (204) 489-7300
Ontario Society of Medical Technologists (OSMT)
234 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 402
Toronto, ON M4P 1K5
(416) 485-6768 or (800) 461-6768
FAX (416) 485-7660
College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO)
36 Toronto Street, Suite 950
Toronto, ON M5C 2C5
(416) 861-9605 or (800) 323-9672
FAX (416) 861-0934
Ordre professionnel des technologistes médicaux du Québec (OPTMQ)
281, av. Laurier Est
Montréal, QC H2T 1G2
(514) 527-9811 or (800) 567-7763
FAX (514) 527-7314
New Brunswick Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (NBSMLT)
PO Box 1812
Moncton, NB E1C 9X6
(506) 758-9956
FAX (506) 758-9963
Nova Scotia College of Medical Laboratory Technologists (NSCMLT)
205 - 25 Wentworth St
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2S7
Telephone: (902) 453-9605
Fax: (902) 454-3535
Prince Edward Island Society of Medical Technologists (PEISMT)
c/o QE Hospital
Attn: Andrea Dowling
PO Box 6600
Charlottetown, PEI CIA 8T5
Newfoundland and Labrador Society for Medical Laboratory Science
PO Box 39057
430 Topsail Rd
St. John's, NL A1E 5Y7
(709) 754-8324
Medical Laboratory Science Association of Yukon (MLSAY)
Mailing address:
c/o Laboratory, Whitehorse General Hospital
5 Hospital Road
Whitehorse, YK Y1A 3H7
elliot.penny@gmail.com
Canadian Network of National Association of Regulators (CNNAR)
Health Action Lobby (HEAL)
Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Canadian Association of Laboratory Educators (CAMLE)
Canadian Medical Association
International Federation of Biological Sciences (IFBLS)
Canadian Association of Allied Health Professionals (CAAHP)
Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-Canada)
United States and Canada Association of Pathologists (USCAP)
Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA)
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM)
National Society for Histotechnology (NSH)
Canadian College of Medical Geneticist (CCMG)
Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (CACMID)
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI)
Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC)
Canadian Hematology Society (CHS)
The Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care (CASHC)
Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC)