Your Member Login

Search

Commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Ethics and Competency

An important part of being a Professional, is ensuring you remain competent and continuously improve your skills, knowledge and understanding of the latest, best practices in management consulting. Certified Management Consultants make this commitment and make ongoing efforts to maintain relevancy and competency in their craft, plus develop new knowledge and abilities as the various tools and knowledge of management leading practices evolve.

Annual Obligations

All CMC’s and non-CMC Registrants of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Alberta (ICMCA) must renew their registration annually. Upon this annual renewal, all Registrants are required to:

  • Attest to the Universal Code of Professional Conduct
  • Pay their annual professional dues; and

CMC/FCMC’s must further provide:

  • Evidence of attainment of minimum level of continuing professional development (CPD) credits.

Individuals who do not comply with these requirements may be brought forward to the Institute’s Practice Review and Discipline Committee for:

  • Practice Review, and possibly
  • Sanction, and/or
  • Removal of their professional designation.

Registered, Certified Members can keep track of their CPD activities and submit their annual records by signing-in to their Personal Profile-Account.

Renewal & Professional Development

Each certified member is responsible for annually achieving a minimum of 35 points for on-going professional development – this is the basis for showing intentional effort to remain competent and continuously improve their consulting practices.

CPD Online Points Calculation/Record 

CPD Points Categories PDF (For download & print-off so you can keep your record in case of CPD Audit)  

Annual Renewal Portal

As a registrant-member in ICMCA you are able to attend Alberta-led seminars, and seminars/PD events led by other Institutes across Canada, CMC-Canada sessions and also sessions offered by CMC-Global! In many cases attendance is free to members or for a nominal fee. Non-members will usually have to pay or pay a higher rate. Some sessions are not available to non-members.

Renewal Resignation Reinstatement

From ICMCA Governance Policy 1.25 – Registrant Renewal, Removal and Reinstatement

Associate Members, Candidate Members, and Student Members

To maintain registration as an Associate Member, registrants are expected to complete the following by December 31 each calendar year:

  1. Attest to following the Universal Code of Professional Conduct.
  2. Pay the prescribed dues.

Failure to meet these annual requirements may result in:

  1. Assessment of a late renewal fee.
  2. Suspension of registration if 60 days have elapsed without payment after notice by the Registrar.
  3. Escalation to the Practice review and Discipline Committee for further review and action.

Certified Members

To maintain registration as a Certified Management Consultant (including FCMC), the registrant is expected to complete the following by December 31 each calendar year:

  1. Attest to following the Universal Code of Professional Conduct.
  2. Pay the prescribed dues.
  3. Prove continued competency as a CMC through completion of at least 35 credits of continuing professional development. These must also be documented and submitted upon renewal.

Failure to meet these annual requirements may result in:

  1. Assessment of a late renewal fee.
  2. Suspension of registration if 60 days have elapsed without payment after notice by the Registrar.
  3. Escalation to the Practice Review & Discipline Committee for further review and action.
  4. Revocation of CMC designation for Certified Members.

There are three voluntary changes of professional status:

  1. Professional Leave of absence (remains active)
  2. Retirement-Occasional (remains active)
  3. Resignation or Retirement (moves to inactive)

Members who leave the management consulting profession to employ their professional capabilities in management or other positions in business or government are not considered to be Non-practicing members in the following definitions and are required to maintain their dues current to be entitled to use their professional designation. The following are the Non-Practicing Member categories:


Family Leave

In situations of family leave, the member is required to make application in a form prescribed by the Registrar:

  • Certifying that they are taking family leave and will be away from the profession; and
  • Indicating the length of time during which they expect to be away from the practice on family leave.

When approved by the Registrar, they will be granted “Non-Practicing Member” status at no cost during the period of such leave.


Medical Leave

In situations of medical leave, the member is required to make application in a form prescribed by the Registrar:

Certifying that they are unable to work based on medical reasons and will therefore not be employed in any capacity related to the profession.

  • Providing a statement from a Medical Doctor confirming their inability to work in a role related to the Management Consultant profession; and
  • Indicating the length of time during which they expect to be away from the profession on medical leave.

When approved by the Registrar, they will be granted “Non-Practicing Member” status at no cost during the period of such leave.

 
Unemployment

In situations of unemployment, the member is required to make application in a form prescribed by the Registrar:

  • Certifying that they are currently unemployed, and that they will advise the Committee when re-employed.
  • Agreeing to pay the balance of fees outstanding for the year in which they are once again employed.

Once approved by the Registrar in writing, membership fees will be temporarily waived, but during this time the member will be allowed to use their professional designation in their attempts to become employed or win work and must inform the Committee immediately upon changing unemployed status.


Education Leave

Where a member returns to post-secondary education on a full-time basis, they will be allowed to maintain their full CMC professional designation at the student rates in effect at the time. In such situations, the member is required to make application in a form prescribed by the Registrar:

  • Certifying that they have left active employment to return to school on a full-time basis.
  • Certifying that they will not be using their professional designation for any activities during the education period; and
  • Indicating the length of time, they will be enrolled and when they will actively return to the practice of management consulting.

Financial Hardship

In situations of financial hardship, it may be appropriate for the Registrar to consider each situation on its merits and decide as to whether to grant some form of easement on fees.

  • In such situations, the member would be required to make application in a form prescribed by the Registrar certifying that they are currently experiencing financial hardship and explaining the circumstances.

The Registrar may consider applications for easement of fees or other requests on a case-by-case basis.


Retirement-Occasional

This status is designed for practitioners who are advanced in their careers. These members may practice up to 160 paid consulting hours per year plus pro-bono hours.

Termination of registration status may occur as a consequence from:

  1. A revocation following a failure to renew registration.
  2. Formal complaint procedure is triggered by a client or colleague.

Triggering either condition will open a case review by the Practice Review & Discipline Committee per POARA and POARA-ICMCA Regulation 166/2005.

Members who have their status terminated, move to inactive status.

Members may apply in writing for reinstatement after a period of absence from the register of up to three years under the following conditions:

  • Applicants must demonstrate that they have met the Institute’s requirement for Continuing Professional Development over the past three-year period.

Members in inactive status within one (1) year of becoming inactive are eligible for reinstatement, subject to:

  • Notification to the Registrar; and,
  • Payment of a reinstatement fee, which are set by the Board of Directors and updated by the Executive Director from time to time; and,
  • Payment of all outstanding dues.

Members in inactive status greater than one (1) year of becoming inactive are eligible for reinstatement, subject to:

  • Notification to the Registrar.
  • Payment of a reinstatement fee of $150.
  • Payment of all outstanding dues for the current year on a prorated basis.

The discretion by the Registrar/Registration Committee, and may require:

  • Successful completion of the CMC Oral Exam; and/or
  • Participation in an interview with the Registrar.

Members who have had their active member status revoked by the ICMCA for any reason may be eligible for reinstatement, subject to:

  • Application to the Registrar.
  • Payment of a reinstatement fee, which are set by the Registration Committee and updated from time to time.
  • Payment of all outstanding dues.
  1. CMC members must submit resignations using the approved ICMCA form.
  2. The resignation form includes:
  3. Notice of services no longer available to the resigning CMC.
  4. CMC members who have submitted written resignations are no longer entitled to:
  5. Use of the CMC title and logo.

ICMCA will notify expeditiously:

  • Members of the ICMCA about the discipline process, which may change from time to time.
  • The Public and Members regarding revocation of certification of members.

Revocation of CMC/FCMC Designation

The following individuals, due to retirement, change of career, failure to submit CPD credits, or non-payment of annual dues; are no longer authorized to use the CMC or FCMC logo, nor are they allowed to use the terms: Certified Management Consultant or Fellow Certified Management Consultant. Current Registrants of ICMCA, and members of the public, should remain vigilant and report any individuals they suspect of using our certification marks or terminology in an unauthorized manner to our Registrar.