Fees ***NCAS is reopening for assessments again! Click HERE for more details.***
The total fees for all three NCAS assessments is payable in two installments, one while registering for the Computer-based Assessment, and the second while registering for the Simulation Lab Assessment/ Oral Assessment. Should you wish to extend, reschedule, or cancel your assessment within the allowable timeframe, additional administrative fees will apply.
2018-2019 Fee Summary
| Role | CBA Fee (CAD) | SLA Fee (CAD) | Total Fee (CAD) |
| HCA | $300 | $500 | $800 |
| LPN | $500 | $1500 | $2000 |
| RN | $500 | $1500 | $2000 |
| RPN | $500 | $1500 | $2000 |
Additional administrative fees
| NCAS One-Year Extension Fee | CAD $250 |
| SLA Reconsideration Fee | CAD $350 |
CBA Rescheduling Fee (more than 48 hours before your scheduled assessment date) | US $35, payable directly to Prometric |
CBA Rescheduling Fee and No-Show (less than 48 hours before your scheduled assessment date). Should you fail to appear at the scheduled date and date, you must pay this fee when attempting to reschedule. | CAD $225, payable directly to NCAS |
| SLA/OA Rescheduling Fee (between 30 and 8 days before your scheduled assessment date) | CAD $150, payable directly to NCAS |
| SLA/OA Rescheduling Fee and No-Show (less than 8 days before your scheduled assessment date) | Forfeiture of entire initial SLA assessment fee plus payment of CAD $1500 upon re-booking. |
NCAS Policies
Covid-19 Updates
- Scheduling your Computer-Based Assessment (CBA)
- Simulation Lab Assessment and Oral Assessment (SLA/OA) Scheduling
- On Year Extensions
Rescheduling
Computer-based Assessment
You may reschedule your CBA up to 48 hours in advance of your scheduled session by visiting www.prometric.com and paying the applicable administrative fee directly to Prometric. If you wish to reschedule 48 hours or less in advance of your scheduled session, you must contact NCAS at
info@ncasbc.ca.
Simulation-lab Assessment / Oral Assessment
The rescheduling fees and options vary for the Simulation Lab Assessment/Oral Assessment. Please read carefully, as the fees for rescheduling can be very steep.
- SLA Rescheduling Fee (between 30 and 8 days before your scheduled assessment date): CAD $150 payable directly to NCAS.
- SLA Reschedule Fee and No-Show (less than and including seven days before your scheduled assessment date or failing to appear for a scheduled SLA/OA assessment): Forfeiture of entire original SLA fee. And payment of CAD $1500 for the rescheduled assessment. Because the initial session was heavily subsidized, upon rescheduling, you will be asked to pay a different, much higher fee to establish a new assessment. The new fee reflects the actual cost of the assessment. Please contact NCAS directly at
info@ncasbc.ca.
Cancelling and refunds
If you cancel either the CBA or SLA more than 30 days in advance of your scheduled appointment, you can apply for a refund by contacting NCAS at
info@ncasbc.ca. Your request to cancel must be submitted to, AND acknowledged by, NCAS more than 30 days in advance of your scheduled appointment. No refunds will be available for cancellations that occur 30 or fewer days prior to your scheduled assessment.
One-year extension
You have one year to complete the entire NCAS assessment process from the date upon which the regulator or registry referred you. If you feel you will take longer than one year to complete the NCAS assessment process, please contact the regulator or registry to seek an extension. If the regulator or registry approves your request for an extension, NCAS will extend your timeline AND charge you $250.
IMPORTANT: All Assessment Takers who had been referred to NCAS prior to March 12, 2020 will have their standard 12-month deadline extended by five months. We are automatically applying this extension to this group; no specific request or approval is required.This extension will not apply to new referrals. The 12-month period will commence from the date we begin processing your referral later this month. Future extensions may be applied should COVID-19 lead to additional closures.
Reconsiderations
You may request a reconsideration of your NCAS results. A fee applies. A reconsideration involves an assessor who did NOT perform your original assessment. The new assessor views all four of the videos that were recorded during your original SLA/OA session. The assessor then scores your performance on each scenario independently. A new report that combines your original computer-based assessment scores, and your new SLA/OA scores, will be prepared. Reconsideration results may appear lower in some thematic competency areas than the results applicants originally received. You are limited to only one reconsideration request.
Should you wish to request a reconsideration of your NCAS results, you must submit a written request to info@ncasbc.ca within 15 days of receiving your performance report. When requesting a reconsideration, please complete and submit this form to info@ncasbc.ca.
Reassessments
NCAS does NOT allow applicants to re-take the SLA/OA or the CBA, except in exceptional circumstances where a candidate has been re-referred by the regulator or registry. If exceptional circumstances apply, please contact the regulator or registry that referred you. New fees will be applied.
