For colleges under BC’s Health Professions Act that have had the Health Professions Review Board reverse complaint dismissals by the registrar, based on an inadequate investigation of an “objectively” serious matter, the issue as whether the Review Board owes deference…
In June, Lisa C. Fong and Angie Westmacott, Q.C., co-chaired a CLE session on self-regulating professions, where they, as well as Rebecca Durcan and Katrina Haymond, identified a number of ongoing, general trends in professional regulation: public skepticism about self-regulation;…
Under B.C.’s Health Professions Act, some inquiry committees will issue letters of criticism to resolve complaints (under HPA s. 33(6)(b)) — letters that do not constitute formal disciplinary measures, like reprimands, but nonetheless warn registrants that their conduct is substandard, based…
Inquiry or investigation committees of self-regulating professions may wish to assess the extent they provide robust reasons when dismissing public complaints against registrants. Such an awareness should not be isolated to regulators whose complainants have a statutory right to reviews of…
We are just around the corner from luxuriating in two days of deep thinking, collegial discussion, and learning about professional regulatory law. The fact of being able to do so ocean-side under beautiful blue skies is a definite plus. Here…