Interjurisdictional Registration
The CLPNM has introduced a lower-cost licensing pathway for LPNs who hold registration elsewhere in Canada, and who regularly move across provincial and territorial boundaries for work. The CLPNM recognizes that Canada’s nursing workforce is increasingly mobile, and that professional licensing processes need to become more flexible in response. Interjurisdictional registrations will reduce duplication of regulatory requirements and cost, while speeding up processing times for nurses who travel across provincial and territorial boundaries into Manitoba. At the same time, Manitobans can remain assured that LPNs practising in our province will remain subject to professional oversight and standards.
What is an Interjurisdictional Registration?
Interjurisdictional registrations allow eligible LPNs who are already registered in another Canadian jurisdiction to practise in Manitoba in limited circumstances, while maintaining their primary registration and regulatory oversight in their home jurisdiction. An LPN’s home jurisdiction is the Canadian province or territory where they permanently reside, hold current LPN registration, and practise most often.
Other Canadian nursing regulators may refer to interjurisdictional registration as interjurisdictional nursing licensure.
Eligibility for Interjurisdictional Registration
If you wish to practise as an LPN in Manitoba occasionally, temporarily, or by virtual means, and:
- you permanently reside in a Canadian jurisdiction outside of Manitoba where you also hold LPN registration (your home jurisdiction)
- you are registered in good standing in each jurisdiction where you hold nursing registration
- you will maintain your LPN registration in good standing in your home jurisdiction, and
- you will practise less often in Manitoba over the coming year than you will practise in your home jurisdiction.
then you may be eligible to apply to the CLPNM for interjurisdictional registration.
If you meet these criteria, the CLPNM may be able to expedite registration processing times, and offer you a lower fee, because we will rely on the regulator in your home jurisdiction to provide more in-depth and ongoing oversight of your practice.
If you are not eligible for this low-cost registration pathway, you may still be eligible for registration in Manitoba by endorsement. Visit our Applying for Endorsement webpage for more information. If your endorsement is granted, Manitoba will become the home jurisdiction for your LPN practice.
Applying for Interjurisdictional Registration
Contact us to discuss your eligibility and for more information about the application process.
As part of the application process, you can expect to be asked for details such as:
- the Canadian jurisdiction that acts as the home base for your practice
- evidence of your permanent address, and
- whether you will practise in Manitoba occasionally, temporarily, or by virtual means.
You will be required to complete an application form, sign a statutory declaration, confirm that you hold professional liability protection through the Canadian Nurses Protective Society, and pay the reduced registration fee.
Questions?
If you require further information, please contact the CLPNM Registration Department by email or by phone at 1-877-663-1212.