Help us improve nursing care for everyone.

CNO asks members of the public for feedback to help us support safe nursing care in Ontario. We use online public consultations to collect this feedback.

We ask for your opinions on our newly created resources about nursing practice and our proposed changes to practice standards, guidelines and by-laws.

  • We will post new documents on this page
  • You can read them and send us your feedback before the end date

The consultations happening now are listed below, along with the dates they will end.

We consider your feedback carefully when we create new materials that support safe nursing care. Thank you for taking the time to share your point of view.

Current consultations

Background

Labour mobility registrants are nurses who are currently registered in another Canadian province or territory and applied to CNO using the automatic recognition process. The automatic recognition process allows labour mobility applicants to be registered with CNO within two business days. Automatic recognition was implemented on Jan. 1, 2026; learn more about automatic recognition.

At the September Council meeting, Council approved the requirement that labour mobility registrants will have to successfully pass the Jurisprudence Exam (JE) post-registration to remain registered with CNO. This change goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.

Successfully completing the JE is a registration requirement for all other applicants prior to registration. The JE is an interactive, user-friendly “open book” online exam that tests the applicant’s knowledge of Ontario laws and CNO practice documents through multiple-choice questions. Applicants have unlimited writes to successfully pass the exam in a 30-day period. It costs $40 to take the exam. Completing the exam supports safe, ethical and quality nursing care for Ontarians.

Proposed by-law change

To support the change that labour mobility registrants must complete the JE post-registration, CNO has proposed a change to our Fees By-Law.

The proposed changes would require a labour mobility registrant who does not complete the JE within the 30-day time frame to pay a $400 penalty fee to CNO. The proposed changes include an article that allows CNO’s Registrar & CEO to extend the time period for a registrant if exceptional circumstances justify needing extra time.

In September, CNO’s Council approved these proposed amendments being circulated for feedback.

We want your feedback

Please complete this survey to share your feedback on the proposed by-law changes to support the implementation of automatic recognition.

We will provide Council with a summary of the consultation feedback in December 2026. Your responses are anonymous and confidential. CNO will only share aggregate results and anonymized verbatim quotes. Council will then decide whether to approve the by-law changes.

How to complete the survey

  1. Review the proposed changes listed below
  2. Complete the survey

It should take about five minutes to finish the survey. The survey is available from Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, to Thursday, Nov. 26, 2026. 

Proposed amendments to By-law No.2: Fees 

6.03 A registrant who fails to attempt the Jurisprudence Examination within the specified time by the College, shall pay the Penalty Fee - Jurisprudence Examination as set out in the Fee Table.

6.03.1 Despite article 6.03, the Registrar may extend the time specified by the College if, in the Registrar’s opinion, the circumstances are sufficiently extraordinary to warrant an extension and are not based upon the ability of the individual member to pay the fee.