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Temporary emergency registration (TER) now closed


Sep 14, 2023

​​Temporary E​mergency Registration​​​ closed Thursday, Sept. 14, at 4:30 p.m.  If you're a nurse/midwife with TER, your registration will end Dec. 31, 2023.​


Ab​​o​​ut TER​

Temporary emergency registration enables eligible individuals to register quickly on a short-term basis to assist with emergency health-care resp​​onse in B.C. During the COVID-19 pandemic and the B.C. wildfires, BCCNM granted temporary emergency registration to eligible individuals to assist with response efforts.

Practising registrants in B.C. do no​​t need temporary emergency registration.


Type of work al​lowed​​

Temporary emergency registration is available for the sole purpose of enabling eligible individuals to assist during a declared emergency. Temp​​ora​​ry emergency registrants assisted in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and B.C. wildfires by: ​

  • Providing care that was directly related to the pandemic or wildfires; or

  • Temporarily covering positions vacated by nurses who have been redeployed to deal with the emergency.

Whe​n will tem​porary emergency registration en​​d?

Temporary emergency registration for the COVID-19 pandemic and the B.C. wildf​​​ires ends Dec. 31, 2023.​