Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLT)

1. If you have been educated as an MLT outside of Canada, you first need to have your MLT education and clinical work experience assessed through the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Process. To learn more about the PLA process, please visit CSMLS.

2. After successful completion of the PLA process, and CSMLS determines that you are eligible to write the CSMLS National Certification MLT Examination, you are then required to write the exam. For additional information on the exam, please visit Certification, CSMLS.

3. Request CSMLS to provide PLA Technical Report to be sent from CSMLS directly to the NLCHP. 

4. Once you have successfully passed the CSMLS National Certification MLT Examination, you can then begin the application for registration for Medical Laboratory Technology in the NLCHP Portal. You will be required to pay a $60.00 non-refundable application fee.

Completion of the Application for Registration in the NLCHP Portal requires you upload the following documentation:

• Color Photo ID (Driver’s License or Passport)
• Certificate of Conduct and Vulnerable Sector Check dated within three months of your application date (originals must be forwarded to NLCHP office after uploading)
• Proof of successful completion of CSMLS National Certification MLT Exam
• Proof of professional liability insurance (PLI)– MLTs must have a minimum of $2,000,000 PLI
• Certificates of completion of the required online courses:

(1) Custodian-Direct Contact with Personal Health Information available on http://nlchi.skillbuilder.ca/home

(2) Direct Contact with Personal Health Information available on http://nlchi.skillbuilder.ca/home  and

(3) Jurisprudence Education for your Health Profession available at www.chplearning.ca

You must also:

• Provide a Verification of Registration/Letter of Good Standing (s): These letters must be sent directly to NLCHP from the Regulatory Body.  For more information please see the Policy – Letter of Good Standing. Please provide the jurisdiction (s) with NLCHP’s Request Form: Letter of Good Standing.
• Ensure that Official Transcripts/Proof of Education program completion must be sent directly from your educational institution to the NLCHP.
• Letter from your employer confirming that you have practiced 960 hours in the previous four years.

*For additional information on regulated Medical Laboratory Technology Practice in NL, please visit the NLCHP website and the NL College of Medical Laboratory Sciences (www.nlcmls.com). Please note once you become registered with the NLCHP, you are automatically registered with the College.

Please allow four to six weeks to process your application once all your required documentation has been submitted to the NLCHP. NLCHP will notify you by email that your application for registration has been reviewed and request you to login to the NLCHP Portal to pay your registration fees. You will receive an email once your application is approved and your name has been added to the List of Registered Health Professionals. You are then eligible to practice in Newfoundland and Labrador. You are not able to commence employment, which includes orientation until your name has been added to the NLCHP List of Registered Health Professionals.