ABOUT SCoP

The Saskatchewan College of Paramedics is the licensing body for Emergency Medical Responders (EMR), Primary Care Paramedics (PCP), Intermediate Care Paramedics (ICP), Advanced Care Paramedics (ACP), and Critical Care Paramedics (CCP) in the province of Saskatchewan. The College also endorses licensed Community Paramedics.

The work of the College is accomplished by an elected Council, appointed Committees, and office staff.

In order to practice or volunteer as an EMR, PCP, ICP, ACP, or CCP in Saskatchewan, you must register with the College, also known as SCoP.

Mandate

Pursuant to The Paramedics Act, it is the duty of the College to serve and protect the public.

Our Mission

To protect and serve the public interest through regulatory oversight of the paramedic profession.

Our Vision

Collaboratively building a profession that is a continually engaged partner, and fully utilized in a patient-centered health care system.

Our Values

Fairness: The College is committed to the principle of impartiality in achieving its mandate. Procedural due process and fundamental fairness is embedded in its actions and decisions.

Transparency: The work of the College is to be conducted in a proactively transparent manner; an ‘open government’ concept will be adopted.

Collaboration: The College develops and leverages collaborative relationships in order to achieve its goals. It makes its decisions in consultation with appropriate subject matter experts.

Professionalism: The College and its representatives have adopted and demonstrated professional standards and behaviours in the completion of its work. Adopted standards include principles articulated in the Code of Professional Conduct found in the Regulatory Bylaws.

Why Self-Regulation is Important

Glen E. Randall BA, MA, MBA, PhD candidate, Founding Registrar of the College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario has done a tremendous job to help us understand professional self regulation. Understanding Professional Self-Regulation (pdf) is a helpful article.

A very informative Saskatchewan perspective on professional self-regulation has been written by Robert Schultze, MBA, AAAS, AACI, CAE, President of the Saskatchewan Assessment Appraisers’ Association at the time. What Does It Mean To Be a Self-governing Regulated Profession? (pdf) was published by the Journal of Property Tax Assessment & Administration • Volume 4, Issue 3.