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title: How to Manage Patient Registration with a Provider in Ontario
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createdAt: 2026-03-04T12:03:14.699Z
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# Overview & Requirements

This article covers the following aspects of patient registration with a Provider in Ontario, Canada:

- [Configuration](docId\:rtHuSEhfEXtZNyRMWCynZ)
- [Registering/Deregistering Patients](docId\:rtHuSEhfEXtZNyRMWCynZ)
- [Viewing a patient's Registration History](docId\:rtHuSEhfEXtZNyRMWCynZ)

## Requirements

- This functionality applies to Profile 10.0.6 and later.
- This applies only in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

# Managing Patient Registration with a Provider in Ontario

## Configuration

In order to be able to manage patient registration for Patients with Providers in Ontario, Canada, this needs to be enabled in Patient Preferences. By default, it is enabled. 

However, you can check the configuration as follows:

1. Go to **Organisation/Preferences/General/Patient**.
2. Click on the **Patient Status & Select **tab. 
3. Ensure that the **Show Update Status window on registering/unregistering Patient** checkbox is selected in order to manage patient registration for Patients with Providers in Ontario.

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## Registering/Deregistering Patients

If the above configuration has been set up, Patients can be registered/deregistered with Providers in Ontario as follows.

### Registering a Patient

1. ### Go to Alter Patient for the patient you wish to register.
2. Under the **General **tab, locate the **Registered **field. If the patient has never been registered, this field is set to "No" with the word "Never" alongside, and the field below it is empty.

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3. To register, select "Yes" from the dropdown list and click **Apply**.This opens up the **Update Status **window for the patient.

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4. Click the "..." button to browse for and select the provider with whom to register the patient.
5. Click **OK **to save the patient registration change.  The **Registered** field in the **Alter Patient** window is set to "Yes", the date of registration appears alongside, and the provider with whom they have been registered appears in the field below. Note that the provider with whom they are registered does not have to be the same as their primary care provider (listed next to **Provider** higher up).

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### Deregistering a Patient

1. Go to **Alter Patient **for the patient you wish to deregister.
2. Under the **General **tab, locate the **Registered **field. 
3. To deregister the patient, select "No" from the dropdown list and click **Apply**.An **Update Status **window appears confirming the changes.

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4. Choose a reason  for deregistration from the **Reason **dropdown list. This field is mandatory for deregistration.

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5. Then, click **OK **to save the Patient deregistration.

## Viewing a Patient's Registration History

1. Go to **Alter Patient **for the Patient whose registration history you wish to view.
2. Go to **Registrations**. This shows all past and current registration changes relating to the Patient.** **

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