Under Section 12.2 of the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006 (FARPACTA), a regulated profession must have a plan addressing how it will enable multiple registration processes to take place concurrently. Regulated professions, like the OAA, are required to file this parallel processing plan (PPP) with the Office of the Fairness Commissioner (OFC).

The plan permits applicants who experience a delay in one part of the registration process to proceed with other parts of the registration process wherever possible. It includes information about the circumstances in which the OAA will allow an applicant to choose whether to have different parts of their registration processes occur sequentially or concurrently and information about how the OAA will ensure applicants have reasonably sufficient information to make an informed choice regarding sequential or concurrent processes, including the cost of examinations, tests and assessments, and the number of permissible attempts on examinations, tests, and assessments.

The PPP covered in this document is specific to the OAA’s registration practices and is not intended to cover broader organizational procedures.

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