The BC Supreme Court has decided that the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia exceeded its bylaw-making power by unreasonably prohibiting pharmacists from participating in programs that provide incentives for patients to fill prescriptions at their pharmacies, in Sobeys West…
As citations serve the purpose of formally notifying registrants about issues that may lead to regulatory penalties or other measures, a discipline committee may be unable to find that the registrant failed to comply with standards in a way not…
When an inquiry committee disposes of a complaint by issuing a citation for a disciplinary hearing, to what extent is that committee’s decision subject to challenge based on either procedural fairness or on its substantive merits? A recent decision of…
Where a public officer may make an order for several reasons, but fails to explicitly justify the order based a valid ground, he may lack jurisdiction, and the order may be invalid. This jurisdictional issue was recently illustrated where the…
Use of titles: Ontario’s Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 prohibits traditional Chinese medical practitioners from using the title “doctor” until a regulation enacted under the Traditional Chinese Medicine Act prescribes its use. A Registration Regulation of the College that did not…