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Regulatory Colleges and Your Personal Information

February 2026

When an individual registers with ACSLPA, and then every year when they renew, they report and update personal information such as their birthdate, name, address, and employment record. This information is important for ACSLPA to have, for example, in order to communicate important updates about registration. However, ACSLPA also collects this information as part of legislative requirements in the Health Professions Act (HPA).

The first of these requirements is to maintain a Register of regulated members. Section 33(3) of the HPA outlines what must be entered in the Register, including information like the name and registrant number of members and if they have any conditions on their practice permit. The Register must be made available to the public, as its purpose is to report important information to the public, such as whether a practitioner is permitted to practice. If you visit acslpa.ca, you will find our Public Register.  ACSLPA will never release information beyond what is available on this Public Register to a member of the public without the consent of the regulated member, unless the disclosure is required by legislation or a Court.

The other requirement is outlined in section 122 of the Health Professions Act (HPA). Health Colleges in Alberta must provide their respective government Ministries with the information on their Register (outlined in section 33(3)) as well as information on registrant demographics, training and education, and employment (outlined in section 33(4)). This information is used to aid health workforce planning and to populate the Alberta Provider Directory (APD), also called the Provincial Provider Registry (PPR).

The APD is part of Alberta’s Electronic Health Record systems and acts as a source of health service provider information for registrants of all regulated health professional colleges in Alberta. You can learn more about the Provider Registry on the Government of Alberta website.

Specifically, ACSLPA is required to provide the following information to government Ministries

Role Identifier:

  • This identifier is either SLP, AUD, or SLP/AUD, indicating your profession, and your 4-digit registrant number.

Name:

  • This field contains your first, middle, and last names.
  • If you have a common/preferred name entered in the MyACSLPA system, both your legal and common/preferred names will be shared.

Status:

  • This field is populated based on what kind of registration you have with ACSLPA. Your current registration and its effective dates are shared. Some examples of possible statuses are given below:
    • Regulated members on the General Register and have an active practice permit are assigned the ‘General’ status.
    • Regulated members on the Courtesy Register are assigned the ‘Courtesy’ status.
    • Regulated members on the General Register who do not hold an active practice permit are assigned the status ‘Nonprac’ (non-practicing).
  • Your original registration date is also tracked and shared.

Demographic Details:

  • ACSLPA only collects birthdate and gender data through the MyACSLPA portal. The gender options available in MyACSLPA are mapped to the reportable data options M, F, and U. ACSLPA’s Male gender option maps to M. ACSLPA’s Female gender option maps to F. All other ACSLPA gender options map to U.
  • The data ACSLPA anonymously collects through the voluntary biennial Registrant/Member Demographic Survey is not shared.

Credentials:

  • These include your degree(s), the institution where, and the year when they were obtained.

Conditions:

  • This field refers to conditions on active practice permits. These conditions are also listed publicly in the ACSLPA Public Register.

Addresses:

  • As part of annual renewal, you update your employment records. The address of the organization for which you work is shared.
  • ACSLPA collects your home address for the purpose of communicating with you. Your home address is not shared unless it is also the address of an employer organization in our system and would be reported as described above.

Telecommunication Numbers and Electronic Addresses:

  • Similarly to addresses, the business phone/fax number of the organization you report as your employer is shared.
  • ACSLPA has records of your home and mobile phone/fax numbers. These are shared but are specifically tagged as personal telecommunication numbers that are not for disclosure.
  • The email address associated with your MyACSLPA account is shared.

If you found this article interesting, all of our Insights publications can be accessed here. If you have questions about these topics, the legislation behind them, or the way ACSLPA functions please email feedback@acslpa.ca or call 780-944-1609 ext. 101.

If there is a conflict or discrepancy with the information or advice set out on this webpage and the information contained in a more official ACSLPA document, then the information contained in the more official ACSLPA document applies and not the information or advice set out here. For the purposes of this disclaimer, ACSLPA’s more official documents include the governing legislation (including the Health Professions Act and the Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist Profession Regulation) as well as ACSLPA’s Bylaws, policies, Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics, manuals and/or any other official document approved by Council, a statutory committee or a college official. Persons interacting with ACSLPA are responsible for reviewing and familiarizing themselves with the relevant information contained in ACSLPA’s official documents.