Dental assistants already registered in Canada—special registration

Follow these steps if you are a dental assistant registering to practise in PEI for a special purpose and a limited time only, and you are registered in another Canadian jurisdiction where the profession of dental assistance is regulated.

Special registration may not be renewed or reinstated.

Create your online account

  1. Go to the HMS app, click/tap on Register now and create the basic account.
    • Select dental assistant as your profession.
    • Select special registration as your registration type.
    • Provide your first and last name and a valid email address; set up your password.
    NOTE: you cannot log in before the registrar approves your basic account.
  2. Pay the application fee—follow the payment instructions on the screen.
  3. After your payment is received and the registrar approves your basic account, you will get an email notification sent to the email address you provided. Follow the link in that notification to log in for the first time.

Provide all mandatory information and documents

In your HMS profile, fill out all the mandatory information and upload required documents.

Required fields are marked with the * symbol. If information or documents are missing in a section of your profile you will see the symbol on the tab or button linking to that section.

Applicants must provide all required documents to the College in an electronic format. The system accepts .jpg, .png, or .pdf file types, not larger than 8 MB.

Your identity

Fill out required fields in the Basic and Contact sections of your profile.

As proof of your identity, you must upload:

  • A recent passport-style photo of yourself (taken within the past twelve months), and
  • A government-issued identity document:
    • A notarized or certified copy of passport, birth certificate, citizenship card or proof of permanent residency status, or
    • A notarized or certified copy of the authorization issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada which permits you to engage in the practice of dentistry in Canada

Education and certification

Complete the education and certification information in the Education section of your profile.

To prove you have completed required education, you must upload the following documents:

  1. Professional education and certification—notarized or certified copies of degrees or diplomas earned
  2. Your current CPR/BLS certificate

Evidence of registration in another Canadian jurisdiction

You must request from the respective regulatory bodies in jurisdictions where you are currently registered or were previously registered to provide directly to the registrar (the contact form on this website may be used for this purpose):

  1. A Letter of Good Standing from each Canadian jurisdiction with dental assistance regulation where you are or were registered, and/or
  2. If applicable, a Letter of Good Standing from each jurisdiction where you are or were registered outside of Canada.

Professional liability insurance

All dental assistants practising in PEI must hold or be covered by a professional liability insurance (PLI) that provides protection of $1 million per claim or occurrence and an aggregate limit of no less than $3 million.

To prove you are covered, you must upload your PLI certificate in the Insurance and history section of your profile.

Personal integrity and clean record

As proof of your personal integrity and clean record, in the Insurance and history section of your profile you must upload:

  1. A Vulnerable Sector Search and a Criminal Record Check document; the search must be performed and the document dated within the previous twelve months
  2. Two written character references from non-family members who have known you for the past four years; the reference letters must be signed and dated, indicate how long the person has known you, and have been written within the past 12 months

Sign the legal statements

Under the Legal section of your profile, there will be a series of legal statements to which you must agree to become a member of the College. Read all the statements carefully, check all the checkboxes and sign your full legal name.

Pay the registration fee

Pay the registration fee according to the fee schedule. Find the payment instructions under the Payments heading of your member dashboard.

Licensing

The registrar will review all your information and documents, and if satisfied that you meet all requirements to practice dental assistance in PEI, activate your account.

The system will send you the account activation notification by email.

Your registration certificate and payment receipts will be under the payment history heading in your member profile.

Your special registration will be valid for 30 days.

For more information please refer to the First Application for a Dental Assistant Licence in PEI.