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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The 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 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...
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 MoreConfidentiality and FIPPA: considerations for regulatory bodies as requesters and disclosers of information
In this blog entry we continue to respond to the numerous questions we received...
Read MoreFOI requests and the privacy of disciplined registrants
Under BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the public’s right...
Read MorePrivacy and FIPPA: procedural fairness issues
As we have previously mentioned, we received numerous questions from participants during the Q&A...
Read MoreAvailable for Viewing: Our Webinars on Privacy and Confidentiality
On June 7th, 2012, 110 people from twenty professional regulatory organizations in B.C., Alberta,...
Read MorePrivacy and FIPPA: Sharing Information Between Regulators
On June 7, 2012, Lisa Fong of Ng Ariss Fong co-presented a Webinar on...
Read MoreFOI and the Serial and Repetitive Requester
One challenge experienced by public bodies with FOIPPA requests is the person who, over...
Read MoreRefresher: No Required FOIPPA Disclosure of Expert Reports Prepared to assist regulatory investigations
Investigating misconduct and competence of a professional can require the advice of experts. For...
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