Credibility, and evidence bearing on credibility, in discipline hearings
As many health professionals provide services in private rooms, complaints of inappropriate touching or...
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The problems with hearsay – even for administrative tribunals
Administrative tribunals are not bound by strict rules of evidence. This does not mean...
Read MoreDecision-writing based on submissions from parties
Procedural fairness requires an impartial decision-maker, but that partiality may come into question where...
Read MoreRegistration: lack of good character based on criminal charges
At least in a regulatory system with a “good character” requirement where applicants do...
Read MoreConduct unbecoming of a professional: loud, verbally aggressive, and egregiously profane outbursts
A professional may be responsible for “unprofessional conduct” in his private life, such as...
Read MoreConduct unbecoming of a professional: threats of frivolous reports
The “private” or “personal” conduct of professionals can still be “unprofessional conduct” involving significant...
Read MoreAddressing Disabilities and Accommodations
As most of you will already be aware, on January 16th of this year...
Read MoreLabour mobility and equivalent registration classes
To obtain a certificate of registration through interprovincial mobility provisions, an applicant must have...
Read MoreNews and Events – 2013 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong
September 24, 2013: The firms of Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong will...
Read MoreNews and Events – June 11-12, 2013 Infonex conference on conducting regulatory investigations
June 11-12, 2013: Infonex will be holding a conference on Conducting Regulatory Investigations, where...
Read MoreAdvertising restrictions and Charter scrutiny
Professional regulatory bodies often regulate registrants’ business practices, at least in how they advertise...
Read MoreResponsibility for assessing the substantial equivalence of foreign credentials
Registration committees must, in assessing the substantial equivalence of foreign credentials, be transparent, objective,...
Read MoreRegistration: Insight into past misconduct and good character
Most if not all self-regulated professions require members to have good character. Applicants need...
Read More2012 Professional Regulatory Round-Up
Since professional regulatory bodies are creatures of statute, one might mistakenly think that all...
Read MoreRegistration: Educational credentials and policy-based requirements – can regulators go beyond their bylaw requirements?
Professional regulatory bodies routinely review applicants’ educational backgrounds as part of their registration assessments....
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