Incorporation

• Registrant(s) must not be undergoing an  active investigation, or have any conditions, or restrictions on their Certificate of Practice that would impact setting up a self-employed practice.

• After consultation with someone (lawyer/accountant) familiar with The Regulated Health Professions Act and Regulations follow the below steps. The consultation is to ensure your corporation meets the criteria for a Health Profession Corporation in accordance with above stated legislation.

The following documents need to be provided to CRNM selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca 

• The Self-employed Nursing Practice Notification & Declaration form for each regulated shareholders with the corporation’s name
• Name reservation form from the Companies Office for the HPC name that meets the RHPA HPC criteria
  • The corporation’s name must 1) reference the practice of nursing and 2) end in Corporation
    • Examples: “First and Last Name” Registered Nurse Corporation or “your chosen business name” Nursing Corporation
    • The HPC name is not the business name. A registered business name is the name which a business operates under, it is the trade name that customers or clients know the business by. The corporate name is the legal name used in contracts and invoices.
• HPC Permit Application: HEALH-PROFESSION-CORPORATION-PERMIT-APPLICATION.pdf (crnm.mb.ca)
  • Must be the same name identified on the provided name reservation document

AND

Submit the application and processing payment of $500 +GST = $525.00 by one of the following ways identified below.

OPTION ONE – Online:

• Sign into your CRNM profile in Alinity and locate “my invoices” on the home page
• Select the arrow (>) located beside your invoice
• Follow the directions to make a credit card payment
• Email selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca once you made the payment using this option

OPTION TWO -E-transfer:

• e-transfer to etransfer@crnm.mb.ca
• Send an email to etransfer@crnm.mb.ca identifying your name, CRNM number, the name on the bank account used for the e-transfer, and that it is for an HPC permit renewal. E-transfers which are not followed up with the required identification information will be rejected.

OPTION THREE – Certified Cheque:

• Provide a certified cheque payable to the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba

An invoice will be created under your CRNM profile once you identify you are starting the HPC process, and a receipt will be available upon payment by any of the listed options.

Once all required information and payment have been received, CRNM will review the application. If approved, you will be provided the letter of Consent to Incorporate which allows you to move forward with incorporating your business through the Companies Office. Please see here for information from the Companies Office on this process. Questions around the incorporation process are to be directed to the Companies Office.

The following documents are then attained through the Companies Office and provided to CRNM at selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca

• Certificate of Incorporation
  • The Companies Office will provide these documents to you once your company is incorporated.
• Certificate of Status
  • You must request this through the Companies Office once your company is incorporated

At this point, you are incorporated, but not yet a Health Profession Corporation.

Please note that the Companies Office sends out annual reminders regarding steps required to keep your incorporated business compliant and active. This is separate from the annual requirements to keep your HPC active.

The College will review the documents from step 3 and establish your corporation as a Health Profession Corporation (HPC).

• You will be provided with your HPC Permit Approval Letter classifying your corporation as a Health Profession Corporation
• Your corporation will be placed on the HPC registry
• You will receive an annual reminder of the renewal process approximately 60 days prior to expiration the HPC permit

Consultation with a professional (e.g. lawyer/accountant) is necessary to ensure that you corporation complies with the legislation and criteria for a Health Profession Corporation. After consulting with such a professional, please email to selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca the following documents listed below.

• Name reservation information from the Companies Office. To meet the RHPA HPC requirements your corporation’s name must 1) reference the practice of nursing and 2) end in Corporation.
  • Examples: “First and Last Name” Registered Nurse Corporation or “your chosen business name” Nursing Corporation
    • The HPC name is not the business name. A registered business name is the name which a business operates under, it is the trade name that customers or clients know the business by. The corporate name is the legal name used in contracts and invoices
  • To change your name you start by completing a name reservation request from the Companies Office for the HPC  This name reservation information you receive from the Companies Office must be provided to selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca
• HPC Permit Application: https://www.crnm.mb.ca/resource/health-profession-corporation-permit-application/
  • Name must be the same as identified in the name reservation

• Updated Self-Employed Nursing Practice Notification & Declaration with your new corporation’s name

AND

Submit the application and processing payment of $500 +GST = $525.00 by one of the below identified options.

OPTION ONE – Online:

• Sign into your online CRNM profile (through Alinity database) and locate “my invoices” on the home page
• Select the arrow (>) located beside your invoice
• Follow the directions to make a credit card payment
• Email selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca once you made the payment using this option
• An invoice will be created under your CRNM profile upon review of the above documents, and a receipt will be available once the invoice has been paid (by any of the options listed).

OPTION TWO – E-Transfer:

• Send the e-transfer to etransfer@crnm.mb.ca
• Send an email to etransfer@crnm.mb.ca identifying your name, CRNM number, the name on the bank account used for the e-transfer, and that it is for an HPC permit renewal. E-transfers which are not followed up with the required identification information will be rejected.

OPTION THREE – Certified Cheque:

• Provide a certified cheque payable to the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba

CRNM provides a Consent to Amendment letter once step 1 is completed.

The above Consent to Amendment will allow you to move forward with your corporation’s name change  through the Companies Office.

Once the name is changed, the following documents must be provided to the College at selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca.

• Certificate of Amendment
  • Received after the name change is processed through the Companies Office
• Certificate of Status
  • Requested through the Companies Office

At this point your corporation’s name has been changed, but you are not yet a Health Profession Corporation

The College will review the documents from step 3 and establish your corporation as a Health Profession Corporation (HPC).

• You will be provided with your HPC Permit Approval Letter classifying your corporation as a Health Profession Corporation
• Your corporation will be placed on the HPC Registry
• Provide annual reminders of renewal process approximately 60 days prior to your permit expiration date
• You will receive an annual reminder of the renewal process approximately 60 days prior to expiration the HPC permit

Online:

• Sign into your online CRNM profile in Alinity and locate “my invoices” on the home page
• Select the arrow (>) located beside your invoice
• Follow the directions to make a credit card payment
• Email selfemployed@crnm.mb.ca once you made payment using this option

E-transfer:

• Create and send the e-transfer to etransfer@crnm.mb.ca
• Send an email to etransfer@crnm.mb.ca identifying your name, CRNM number, the name on the bank account used for the e-transfer, and that it is for an HPC permit renewal. E-transfers which are not followed up with the required identification information will be rejected.

Certified Cheque:

• Provide a certified cheque, payable to the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba