Introduction

The Council of the College of Naturopaths of Ontario is undertaking a formal consultation on proposed amendments to the by-laws of the College as they relate to fees charged by the College and by-law provisions that support them. As required under the Health Professions Procedural Code, which is Schedule 2 of the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, the Council is undertaking this mandatory 60-day consultation.

Background

The Council of the College has undertaken a review of the financial sustainability of the College to ensure its long-term viability as an entity. It is critical to the public interest that the College has financial stability for the future.

Over the past two to three years, the Council has identified activities that, in its view, represent a risk to the long-term sustainability of the College and that warrant action to reduce or eliminate those risks. The risks to which the Council is referring include two contested discipline hearings that required significant expenditures by the College, a high level of unpaid costs owed to the College and increases in the requirements to support some registrants that continue to place human resource and therefore financial pressure on the College.

Supporting Documentation

In line with this consultation’s intent, two supporting documents that sets out the proposed fee changes and by-law amendments to implement the changes are now being released for feedback.

Name	Description
Proposed Changes to Fees Backgrounder	This document sets out the reason the Council is considering changes to the fees and the impact on the College.
Proposed By-law Changes & Schedule 3	This document identifies the specific by-law changes to support the collection of information that is necessary for new fees being proposed as well as the specific fee changes.

Feedback

The College is seeking feedback from all registrants, the public, naturopathic organizations, and other regulatory bodies. Feedback may be provided by written letter or email.

All feedback must include the name of the individual submitting the feedback for validity purposes. Anonymous submissions will not be considered and will not be retained by the College.

Feedback can be provided to the following addresses:

Written correspondence by mail:	College of Naturopaths of Ontario 10 King Street East, Suite 1001 Toronto, ON  M5C 1C3
Written correspondence by facsimile:	(416) 583-6011
Written correspondence by e-mail:	general@collegeofnaturopaths.on.ca

Time

Consultation will begin on September 25, 2025, and will conclude on November 26, 2025.

Our Thanks

The College thanks everyone for reviewing these consultation materials and providing feedback.

Andrew Parr, CAE

Chief Executive Officer