British Columbia College of Oral Health Professionals
Who we are:
The BC College of Oral Health Professionals (BCCOHP) is the regulatory body for all oral health professionals in BC. BCCOHP’s role is to protect the public and promote better health outcomes for patients. BCCOHP regulates 16,000 oral health professionals including certified dental assistants, dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental technicians, denturists and dentists. We protect the public in three main ways:
- Ensuring that oral health professionals are able to practice competently.
- Setting standards for the delivery of safe and patient-centred oral health care.
- Investigating complaints about oral health professionals.
We believe that everyone will be able to see themselves in our vision statement: patients/public, oral health care professionals, and those within BCCOHP.
Our mission is to safeguard the public from harm and discrimination by diligently overseeing safe, competent, ethical, and team-based oral health care, ensuring trustworthiness in our regulatory practices.
Values:
We put people first. We recognize that the most important resource in delivering our mission is the diversity and knowledge of people.
We do what we say. We are committed to delivering meaningful outcomes for patients and the public, and to being transparent about our work and its impact.
We get it done. We build credibility and trustworthiness through the quality of our regulatory work, while approaching new challenges with openness and curiosity.
We take the long view. Through continuous improvement, we use our influence to make a positive impact today and in the future.
Strategic Focus:
Regulatory leadership
We will identify the strategic opportunities within regulatory modernization, including the new governing legislation.
Cultural safety and humility
Uphold Indigenous rights and promote reconciliation through the regulation and delivery of oral healthcare.
Health equity and anti-discrimination
Prevent harm and discrimination to create equity in oral health care experience, delivery and outcomes.
Modernized regulatory functions
Unify core regulatory functions and establish patient-centred standards that prioritize patient safety and promote the public interest.
Our work environment:
BCCOHP provides a working environment that is welcoming, respectful, and rewarding. We offer opportunities for personal and professional growth and encourage reasonable work-life balance with flexible work arrangements including hybrid work options, and flexible start and end times.
BCCOHP has two offices located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish and Lekwungen Peoples, represented today by the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Songhees and Esquimalt Nations (Vancouver and Victoria). In keeping with our commitment to support the provision of safe, effective, culturally sensitive oral health care for people in British Columbia, we aim to have a culturally safe work environment that recognizes and deconstructs colonial structures and is free from racism and discrimination.