The discretion of colleges to decide when to consider (or ignore) past disciplinary action
Colleges under the Health Professions Act “may” consider any past action previously taken by...
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Selling professional services and products out-of-province
The jurisdiction of regulatory colleges to regulate the activities of professionals who operate in...
Read MoreThe inability of registrants to access “their” quality assurance documents under FIPPA
Where a health professions college collects information about a registrant for “quality assurance” purposes,...
Read MoreNo separate civil claims of investigation and complaint dispositions
Complainants who file complaints with colleges against health professionals, and have their complaints dismissed,...
Read More2018 regulatory round-up
In 2018, courts addressed the boundaries of professional regulatory bodies to act in the public...
Read MoreHPRB reviews: no slicing and dicing of deference
The B.C. Supreme Court recently confirmed that the Health Professions Review Board must afford...
Read MoreSettlement privilege applies to reviews before the HPRB
When inquiry committees negotiate consent or undertaking agreements to resolve complaint matters consensually (under...
Read MoreSCC confirms non-accreditation of TWU law school based on discrimination of school “covenant” against LGTBQ students
The Supreme Court of Canada recently confirmed, as reasonable, the decision of two law...
Read MoreHappy summer: Notable regulatory cases since March
As this spring (and now the summer) has been extremely busy, we weren’t able...
Read MoreMoral or religious objections and professional obligations
The standards of health care colleges may provide that professionals who refuse to provide...
Read MoreProvocation is not an absolute defence: biting your lip and walking away
The BC Court of Appeal recently clarified the role of the provocation defence in...
Read MoreConcurrent penalties for the same misconduct: registrants in multiple jurisdictions
A Saskatchewan court recently considered whether a decision of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of...
Read MoreDeference all the way, or in bits and pieces: does the Moore case require HPRB deference to more than choices of investigative procedures?
For colleges under BC’s Health Professions Act that have had the Health Professions Review...
Read More2017 regulatory round-up
In June, Lisa C. Fong and Angie Westmacott, Q.C., co-chaired a CLE session on...
Read MoreJune conference updates
We are just around the corner from luxuriating in two days of deep thinking,...
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