Consultation on revising BC’s Health Professions Act
In November 2019, the Steering Committee on Modernization of Health Professional Regulation released its...
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Forcing patients subjected to sexual misconduct to testify in regulatory proceedings
The public interest in health regulators eliminating sexual abuse by registrants may in some...
Read MoreDiscipline penalty prohibiting ownership and control of professional businesses
With modern-day professional businesses becoming multi-clinic based, national, or international operations, professional regulators can...
Read More2018 regulatory round-up
In 2018, courts addressed the boundaries of professional regulatory bodies to act in the public...
Read MoreSexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct: Upcoming changes to professional regulation in Alberta
Apropos to our recent newsletter on #MeToo, Katrina Haymond and James Casey, Q.C. shared...
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 More2017 regulatory round-up
In June, Lisa C. Fong and Angie Westmacott, Q.C., co-chaired a CLE session on...
Read MoreDiscipline: Restrictions on the use of “doctor” vs. freedom of expression
Some self-regulating professions may prevent their registrants from using the title “Doctor” in a...
Read MoreJune conference updates
We are just around the corner from luxuriating in two days of deep thinking,...
Read MoreGovernance: deference by courts for bylaws made by professional regulators
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld rules of the Law Society of Manitoba...
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