Lest the title mislead you, this is not an entry about shopping. If you are seeking a remedy for desperately crowded malls and the no-holds-barred attitude during the December shopping season, perennially putting to rest any myths you may have…
In our previous blog entry on fitness to practice, we addressed pre-membership misconduct as a potential bar to admission. In this entry, we consider existing mental health conditions that may affect the ability of an applicant to practice. This can…
Where an applicant to the Health Professions Review Board alleges an investigation into his complaint was incomplete, the applicant must specify what particular matters he says were not explored, and show they were not, in fact, explored by the Inquiry…
Complainants under the Health Professions Act are not parties at the inquiry committee stage, but acquire party status upon seeking a review before the Health Professions Review Board. A complainant may not, however, be the patient receiving the services subject…
Public bodies sometimes retain ad hoc external consultants to conduct professional health assessments. Where an external consultant takes notes in carrying out work, unless evidence shows the notes were created for the public body, or that the public body expected…