CRNA Registrants: Frequently Asked Questions

To find your license number, please create a College Connect account or log in. Once logged in, your license number will be displayed in the top right corner under your name.

If you are an initial applicant and do not yet have a license number, an identification number will still be provided in the same location.

Sometimes a refresh of the College Connect page is required. Please login to your CRNA College Connect account and go to the Professional Liability step. Click on the ‘Next’ step button. This action will cause a verification of your CNPS services status.

• Please login to your AAN membership area and verify your information. Please ensure that all fields have been filled in.
• Does your first and last name, nursing designation, and CRNA license number match in both the AAN and MyCNPS platforms?
• If you hold multiple nursing designations, make sure that your RN or NP designation is listed as your primary designation
• Do you hold an ‘Active’ AAN membership that expires in 2025? If you hold a ‘Student’ or ‘Retired’ AAN membership and you have already renewed for 2025, please contact info@albertanursing.ca to change your membership status.

The AAN is Alberta’s professional nursing association for active and retired nurses. Membership has many benefits, including a group rate for CNPS Professional Liability Protection and Core Services. Membership with the AAN is not required for your permit. To learn more about the AAN, please visit www.albertanursing.ca.

Professional liability protection (PLP) provides financial compensation for members of the public who have been harmed as a result of malpractice or negligence by a health professional. For instance, if a court found that a patient suffered injury as a result of nursing care that falls below accepted standards, the court could require that the nurse who provided the negligent care compensate the patient. In such case, a PLP provider would normally cover the cost of legal representation for that nurse and pay the compensation ordered by the court on their behalf. As a result, the public is protected because an adequate source of compensation is available to them. The health care professional is also protected because they benefit from legal representation when facing a claim for compensation and do not have to personally bear the full cost of the legal proceedings and the compensation, should the court order that it be paid.

No, CNPS Professional Liability Protection and Core Services remain the same, regardless of which option you choose. Those who choose to join the AAN can benefit from the group rate.

Please note that CNPS Professional Liability Protection and Core Services does not include assistance with regulatory complaints. The Supplementary Protection program is an additional, optional service offered by the CNPS. This program expands the CNPS scope of protection to assistance with regulatory complaints. If you are interested in learning more about this program or submitting a new application, click here.

The Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS) has been the professional liability protection provider of choice for CRNA registrants (as well as registered nurses and nurse practitioners in most Canadian provinces and territories) since 1988. The CNPS is a not-for-profit society providing legal advice, risk management services, legal assistance and professional liability protection related to nursing practice to over 140,000 Canadian nurses across all Canadian provinces and territories.

As a discretionary legal support system created by nurses, for nurses, the CNPS is known to provide one of the broadest scopes of professional liability protection. We know that your practice is constantly evolving. That is why our scope of protection grows with it and why we offer legal and risk management advice to support your practice and promote safe patient care, along with a variety of continuing education opportunities. The CNPS may also use its discretion to assist in a broader range of circumstances to both protect the public and the integrity of your nursing practice, including in some of the unusual and unpredictable circumstances that can arise.

We encourage you to think of the CNPS as a legal resource in your day-to-day practice! To learn more about CNPS Core Services, please visit https://cnps.ca/services/plp-core/.

The information above applies to CRNA registrants only. If you practice nursing in Alberta via a different licensure method, you may register for CNPS Core Services at the applicable CNPS individual rate. Please note that the applicable CNPS fee can vary according to your professional designation. It can also vary depending on whether you practice in a province where all or less than all practising nurses of the same professional designation are CNPS beneficiaries. Finally, it can vary depending on whether you access the CNPS as part of a member organization or designated beneficiary group, or on an individual basis.

As permit cycles vary between provinces, you must pay the CNPS for each designation and jurisdiction you hold registration with. The CNPS will endeavor to provide a refund, at their year-end, for your additional charges (an administrative fee will apply).