Area of Focus Your Profession (state it)
Profession Specific Act Massage Therapy Act, 1991
Legal Title Registered Massage Therapist
Scope of Practice The assessment of soft tissue
and joints of the body
alongside treatment and
prevention of physical
dysfunction and pain of soft
tissues and joints by
manipulation to develop,
maintain, rehabilitate or
augment physical function or
relieve pain.
Authorized Controlled N/A
Acts &
Conditions/Restrictions
Other Profession
Psychology Act, 1991
Psychologist
The assessment of
behavioural and mental
conditions, the diagnosis
of neuropsychological
disorders and mental
conditions, neurotic and
personality disorders and
dysfunctions and the
prevention and treatment
of behavioural and mental
disorders and dysfunctions
and the maintenance and
enhancement of physical,
intellectual, emotional,
social and interpersonal
functioning.
1. To communicate a
diagnosis
identifying, as the
cause of a
person’s
symptoms, a
neuropsychologic
al disorder or
psychologically
based psychotic,
neurotic or
personality
Other Profession Other Profession
Kinesiology Act, 2007 Physiotherapy Act, 1991
Kinesiologist Physiotherapist
The assessment of human The assessment of
movement and neuromuscular,
performance and its musculoskeletal and cardio
rehabilitation and respiratory systems, the
management to maintain, diagnosis of diseases or
rehabilitate or enhance disorders associated with
movement and physical dysfunction, injury
performance. or pain and the treatment,
rehabilitation and
prevention or relief of
physical dysfunction, injury
or pain to develop,
maintain, rehabilitate or
augment function and
promote mobility.
N/A 1. Communicating a
diagnosis
identifying a
disease, a physical
disorder or
dysfunction as the
cause of a person’s
symptoms.
2. Moving the joints
of the spine beyond
a person’s normal
physiological range

Regulatory College College of Massage Therapists
(include website) of Ontario
https://www.cmto.com/
disorder. of motion using a
2. To treat using fast, low amplitude
psychotherapy thrust
delivered through 3. Tracheal Suctioning
therapeutic 4. Treating a wound
relationship, an below the dermis
individual’s using any of the
serious disorder of following
thought, procedures:
cognition, mood, cleansing, soaking,
emotional irrigating, probing,
regulation, debriding, packing,
perception or dressing.
memory that may 5. For the purpose of
seriously impair assessing or
the individual’s rehabilitating pelvic
judgement, musculature
insight, behaviour, relating to
communication or incontinence or
social functioning. pain disorders,
putting and
instrument, hand or
finger, beyond the
labia majora or
beyond the anal
verge.
6. Ordering the
application of a
prescribed form of
energy
7. Administering a
substance by
inhalation.
College of Psychologists College of Kinesiologists College of Physiotherapists
of Ontario of Ontario of Ontario
http://www.cpo.on.ca/ https://www.coko.ca/ https://www.collegept.org/
Mandate/Mission of Dedicated to excellence in
Regulatory College protecting the public’s interest,
guiding its registrants and
promoting the highest possible
quality of the practise of
massage therapy.
Council Structure The council consists of six to
nine RMT’s and five to eight
non RMT’s as appointed by
the lieutenant governor in
council.
Commitment to the Public needs come before the
Public profession itself, dedication to
ongoing protection of the
public’s interest, promoting
the highest possible quality of
massage therapy practise
To regulate the practise of
psychology in serving and
protecting the public
interest.
Eighteen members
including- eight
professionals elected
across the province, two
or three appointed
academic members, and
five to eight members of
the public who have been
appointed by the
provincial government.
Fairness in approaching
decisions, in a reasonable
and impartial manner,
accountability, acting in a
transparent and
responsible manner and
communicates about its
processes, integrity to act
honestly, ethically, and
responsibly, and t always
respect members of the
To protect the public
through governing and
ensuring excellent
professional practise of
Kinesiologists of Ontario
Seven members of the
college, as well as six to
eight persons lieutenant
governor in council who
are not members, and one
member of a faculty or
department of kinesiology
of a university in Ontario.
To protect the public
through governing and
ensuring excellent
professional practise of
kinesiology in Ontario.
Holding honesty and
integrity as its guiding
principles, committed to
operating in a fair and
open manner and treating
its staff, members, and the
Innovative Regulatory
Leadership Promoting a
Healthier Ontario, protects
and serves the public
interest by promoting
collaboration and
accountability for self
regulation and enabling a
culture of continuous
improvement to ensure that
physiotherapists provide
competent and ethical
services.
Seven or eight members of
the college of
physiotherapists as elected
by their peers, five non
members of the college
appointed by the lieutenant
governor in council, and
one or two members who
are members of a faculty of
physiotherapy or physical
therapy of a university in
Ontario.
To serve and protect the
public by promoting
collaboration and
accountability for self
regulation. The public
interest depends on the
integrity of the profession,
protecting that integrity
requires a zero-tolerance of
inappropriate business
practise.
public, the college public and stakeholders
prospective members and with respect and dignity.
other stakeholders