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Election Process
Election of Council Members
Members of the CMRTO have the opportunity to participate in electing the majority of members of the Council which governs the College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario. Members also have the opportunity to nominate or be nominated to stand for election to the Council.
The eight elected members of Council share collective responsibilities for providing leadership, direction and governance to all of the members of the College who practise medical radiation technology in Ontario.
Members of the College have an important stake in the key areas for which the CMRTO Council has responsibility - to ensure the people of Ontario receive safe, effective and ethical medical radiation technology services according to accepted standards of practice. Council members oversee the affairs of the College and, through the committees of the College, register College members, maintain high standards of professional ethics, monitor standards of practice, manage quality assurance, continuing education and sexual abuse prevention programs for our profession, and administer fair, open and honest complaint and discipline procedures.
Terms of Office
Elections for two to four of the electoral districts are held in May of each year.
Members of Council hold their positions for a three-year term. Each professional member of Council may serve a maximum of three terms. This staging of terms of office helps to ensure the effectiveness of the Council is sustained by maintaining a continuing base of experienced and knowledgeable members, while at the same time providing for new members to be integrated into the Council's responsibilities.
Electoral Districts
Members of the College vote and are represented on the basis of "electoral districts." The term "district" is used to identify both geographic regions and the specialties of the profession. The eight electoral districts are listed below:
| Radiography |
| District One |
Northern District:
Districts of Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Manitoulin, Sudbury and the City of Greater Sudbury.
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| District Two |
Eastern District:
District Municipality of Muskoka, the Districts of Parry Sound and Nipissing, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and Leeds and Grenville, the Counties of Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Lennox & Addington, Prince Edward and Renfrew, and the City of Ottawa.
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| District Three |
Central District:
Regional Municipalities of Durham, Peel and York, the Counties of Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough and Simcoe, the City of Kawartha Lakes and the City of Toronto.
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| District Four |
Western District:
Regional Municipalities of Halton, Niagara, Waterloo, the Counties of Brant, Dufferin, Wellington, Essex, Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, Haldimand and Norfolk, the Restructured County of Oxford, the City of Hamilton and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
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| Radiation Therapy |
| District Five |
Includes all of the Province of Ontario
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| Nuclear Medicine |
| District Six |
Includes all of the Province of Ontario
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| Faculty Members |
| District Seven |
Includes all of the Province of Ontario
"Faculty members" refers to the members of faculties of educational institutions in Ontario that grant diplomas or degrees in medical radiation technology. Educational institutions include a health care institution whose training program is approved by the College.
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| Magnetic Resonance |
| District Eight |
Includes all of the Province of Ontario
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Who is Eligible to Serve as a Member of the Council?
Members are eligible to be elected to Council and to represent their peers in only one electoral "district" (region, specialty or faculty.)
To be eligible for election to the Council on the date of nomination, members must:
- be engaged in practice as a medical radiation technologist in the electoral district in which they are nominated, or if not currently practising, be resident in that district;
- have paid all fees or fines required by the Medical Radiation Technology Act or the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991;
- hold a specialty certificate of registration in one or more specialties and the certificate must not be subject to a term, condition or limitation other than one prescribed by regulation.
Members are not eligible for election if
- currently the subject of any disciplinary, incompetency or incapacity proceeding;
- there has been a finding of professional misconduct, incompetence or incapacity in the three years preceding the date of the election;
- the certificate of registration has been revoked or suspended in the six years preceding the date of the election;
- a member of the provincial governing board of a professional association of medical radiation technologists, an executive officer of a bargaining unit of unions representing medical radiation technologists or an executive officer of an association of managers of medical radiation technologists.
Nomination Procedures
All nominations for Council must be in writing and received by the Registrar no later than 90 days before the date of the election. Each nomination for members of Council must be signed by the candidate and by at least two eligible voting members of the district for which the candidate is being nominated.
Eligibility to Vote
Every member who is registered to practise medical radiation technology in Ontario, and who has paid the annual fees, is entitled to vote. Members elect candidates for their electoral district in the specialty (or faculty) in which they are registered to practise.
If a member practises in more than one electoral district, is registered in more than one specialty, or is registered with the College as a faculty member, the member must choose one electoral district and specialty in which to vote, or whether to vote as a faculty member.
Voting
Thirty days prior to the election every member of the College who is eligible to vote in the particular district will receive:
- a list of candidates (and biographies) in the electoral district,
- a ballot with an explanation of the voting procedures including the deadline for receipt of ballots,
- a return addressed envelope.
Completed secret ballots will be counted twice under the supervision of scrutineers and returning officers who are appointed by the Registrar. Candidates and members will be advised of the results of the election in a timely fashion.
Steps in the process
- step 1: Notice of elections
- step 2: Nomination day
- step 3: Candidates List and Ballots received by Members
- step 4: Election of members to the Council
- step 5: Election results communicated to candidates and members
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