REGISTRATION INFORMATION
*You must come in person to complete registration. You must bring original documents as per below
Documents required:
If you were born in Quebec
- Original birth certificate (long form from Registre de l’état civil)
- Original school documents (MELS transcript of marks or TDG)
If you were born in Canada, outside of Quebec
- Original birth certificate
- Proof of Quebec residence (driver’s licence or Medicare card)
- Original school documents (diploma, relevé des apprentissages)
If you were born outside Canada
- Citizenship card or permanent residence card or IMM-1000 form and CSQ (Certificat de sélection du Québec)
- Proof of Quebec residence (driver’s licence or Medicare card) or three consecutive years of tax papers ( Revenu Québec, Federal, Municipal, School tax, House tax, etc.)
- Educational equivalencies or Comparative evaluation (MIDI)
Graduates from this program will fulfill the training requirements to become a member of the OIIAQ professional order. Other tests and requirements may be requested*.
Admission conditions
To be eligible for admission to the Health, Assistance and Nursing program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:
Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent
OR
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary V credits in language of instruction and Secondary IV credits in second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test, as well as Secondary V credits in language of instruction in a program of study established by the Minister, or recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons having earned Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister and who will continue their general education courses concurrently with their vocational training in order to obtain the credits they are missing from among the following: Secondary IV and V language of instruction and Secondary IV second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Ministry.
French Language Requirements to work in Quebec as a Licenced Practical Nurse:
Knowledge of the French language appropriate to the practice of the profession
Under section 35 of the Charter of the French Language, a professional order is obliged to issue a permit to a person who has an appropriate knowledge of the French language to practice as a nursing assistant.
To meet this requirement, three criteria are predetermined:
1. Completion of at least three years of full-time secondary or post-secondary education in French;
OR
2. Have passed the Secondary IV or V exam in French as a first language;
OR
3. Have obtained a Quebec high school diploma as of the 1985-1986 school year.
Please note that holders of an Attestation d'équivalence de niveau secondaire (AENS) do not meet the requirements of the Charter of the French Language, unless they have completed at least three years of full-time secondary or post-secondary education in French, as mentioned above.
Thus, candidates must meet the above-mentioned Charter criteria to obtain their permit from the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec (OIIAQ).
Candidates who do not meet these conditions must pass an examination by the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) and obtain an attestation, before applying for a permit from the Ordre.