Since our August 2025 update on Council activities, Council met once for their regular meeting in September. These are Council’s activities since our last update:
Approved
- the 2025-30 Strategic Plan
The 2025-30 Strategic Plan incorporates input gathered through stakeholder engagement, including the public, registrants, Council, staff, and educators. The Plan includes strategic goals and enabling objectives that Council will use to measure progress and inform updates to the Plan.
- changes to Continuing Competence Program Policy CCP10 Audit
Council approved removing the clause that specified which years of records will be reviewed during a CCP audit. This will allow the Competence Committee to decide the best approach for each audit based on current circumstances.
- changes to Registration Policy RP7 Advanced Practice Authorization
RP7 now requires graduates of non-accredited dental assisting programs to be authorized for all entry practices included in the National Dental Assisting Examining Board Clinical Practice Evaluation before being eligible for advanced practice authorization.
To align with Registration Policy RP17 Current Practice, RP7 was adjusted to clearly require demonstrating current practice to be eligible for Advanced Practice authorization.
These changes ensure that dental assistants meet entry-to-practice and current practice requirements before being authorized to provide advanced practice care to Albertans.
- the May 25, 2025, meeting minutes
- the August 19, 2025, meeting minutes
Authorized
- Administration to use up to $40,000.00 from the Evaluation and Innovation Fund for Program Approval review
Program approval is the next area scheduled for third-party review as part of our five-year plan to review key areas of responsibility of the College. The reviews emphasize the importance of maintaining currency, effectiveness, and accountability across all core functions.
Called for
- letters of intent for officer positions
The Officers of Council include the Chair, Vice-Chair Governance and Regulation, and Vice-Chair Finance and Risk Management. Each year, Council fills these positions by electing eligible Council Members. The letters will be considered and an election take place at Council’s November 2025 meeting.
Discussed
- strategic planning
- risk management
- program approval
- integrating Alberta’s Quality Dimensions for Health across core functions
- conflicts of interest and oath of office
- progress on achieving the Strategic Plan
Participated in
- evaluation of Council performance
- a review of meeting effectiveness after the meeting concluded
Received
- the consent agenda items for filing
These items include an update on third-party reviews of College programs, an update on use of reserve funds, a summary of Council motions, the 2025 Strategic Communications Plan, information update from Administration.