C-26, r. 222.2 - Letters patent constituting the Ordre professionnel des sexologues du Québec

Section 8 Disposition versions

2013-10-10

8. Until the coming into force of a regulation made by the Ordre professionnel des sexologues du Québec under paragraph c of section 93 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) for the purpose of prescribing standards for equivalence of diplomas issued by educational establishments situated outside Québec, for the purpose of issuing a sexologist’s permit, and standards of equivalence of the training of a person who does not hold a diploma required for such purposes, the following standards apply:

(1)  standards for equivalence of diplomas issued by educational establishments situated outside Québec:

(1.1)  a person who holds a diploma in sexology, issued by a university educational institution situated outside Québec, is granted an equivalence of diploma for the purpose of issuing a sexologist’s permit if the person shows that the diploma was obtained after completing an undergraduate or master’s program comprising a total of 90 credits. A credit represents 45 hours of training or learning activities, spent in a classroom, a laboratory, a workshop, training or personal work. At least 66 of the 90 credits must be in the following subjects and be apportioned as follows:

(a)  a minimum of 21 credits in sexual development and sexual health apportioned as follows:

i.  3 credits in the knowledge of anatomy and physiology of human sexuality;

ii.  9 credits in the psychosexual development of children, adolescents, adults and elderly persons;

iii.  6 credits in the knowledge of contraception, fertility, sexually transmitted and blood infections and their consequences on human sexuality;

iv.  3 credits in the knowledge of modern models of sexual health;

(b)  a minimum of 12 credits in sexual troubles, psychopathology and sexual violence apportioned as follows:

i.  3 credits in sexual dysfunctions;

ii.  3 credits in gender disorders and atypical sexuality;

iii.  3 credits in psychopathology;

iv.  3 credits in sexual abuse and federal and provincial Acts and regulations;

(c)  a minimum of 21 credits in sex intervention apportioned as follows:

i.  a minimum of 3 credits in professional organization, ethics and deontology, Québec’s professional system, Acts and regulations governing the practice of the profession of sexologist and standards of practice respecting the practice of the profession;

ii.  6 credits related to interview and helping relation techniques;

iii.  3 credits in the study of various clienteles such as the cultural and racial aspects of human sexuality;

iv.  6 credits in the planning and animation of social interventions;

v.  3 credits in the study of sex intervention programs;

(d)  a minimum of 12 credits or 540 hours of training in sex intervention within a program of studies leading to a bachelor’s degree. The training comprises activities allowing students to become familiar with the various aspects of the practice of the profession of sexologist with a variety of client groups and environments. The training is supervised by a professional having professional experience in the field of sex intervention;

(1.2)  despite subparagraph 1.1, where the diploma for which equivalence is applied was obtained more than 5 years before the date of the application and the knowledge it certifies no longer corresponds, taking into account the development of the profession of sexologist, to the knowledge currently taught, a person is granted a training equivalence, in accordance with paragraph 2, if the person has acquired, since obtaining the diploma, the level of knowledge and skills required;

(2)  standards for training equivalence of a person who does not hold a diploma required for that purpose:

(2.1)  a person is granted a training equivalence for the issue of a sexologist’s permit if the person shows that he or she has a level of knowledge and skills equivalent to the level that may be acquired by the holder of a diploma recognized as giving access to the sexologist’s permit;

(2.2)  in assessing the person’s training equivalence, the following factors are taken into account:

(a)  the nature and duration of the person’s work experience;

(b)  the fact that the person holds one or more diplomas awarded in Québec or elsewhere;

(c)  the nature and content of courses taken and marks obtained;

(d)  the nature and content of training periods and other training activities.

O.C. 941-2013, s. 8.