Regulatory blackjack: 21 cases in professional regulation
Use of titles: Ontario’s Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 prohibits traditional Chinese medical practitioners from...
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Six helpful tips for hearing panels [Update: Tip #6 added]
Over the next six months we will be posting one short hearing tip each...
Read More2013 professional regulatory round-up
Here are some key Canadian cases and trends from 2013 relating to professional regulation....
Read MoreBC HPRB: When the HPRB may award costs against a complainant
When the Inquiry Committee of a college under BC’s Health Professions Act (the “Act”)...
Read MoreChallenging the Fairness of Investigations
Regulators who investigate complaints may face procedural fairness challenges to their investigative processes. The...
Read MoreNews and Events: Mark your calendar! April 4, 2014
April 4 (live in Vancouver and by webinar): Lisa C. Fong and Angela Westmacott,...
Read MoreNews and Events: 2013 Professional Regulation Conference
On November 15, 2013, 103 attendees from 23 professional regulatory organizations across Canada attended...
Read MoreInvestigative scope and HPRB deference
In the first significant judicial review of a decision of the BC Health Professions...
Read MoreProof of professional standards
Where professional misconduct is at issue, a hearing panel may need to determine the...
Read MoreAdequacy of reasons and credibility
Where a hearing panel assesses the credibility of an applicant’s account of events, the...
Read MoreAdequacy of reasons and conflicting evidence
Disciplinary hearing panels often face conflicts in the evidence before them, such as where...
Read MoreNews and Events: Room change for the 2013 Professional Regulation Conference [updated 2013-11-09]
[Updated 2013-11-09] The room for the conference has changed! The 2013 Professional Regulation Conference...
Read MoreFitness and the ungovernable member
Entry requirements of “good character” and “fitness” are clearly malleable. They consist of equally...
Read MoreChallenges to registration examination scores, and test disclosure on review
Where an applicant for registration fails to pass a mandatory registration exam, but challenges...
Read MoreDisclosing or withholding records of in camera meetings
Regulatory bodies may, despite a FIPPA request, refuse to disclose records that would reveal...
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