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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2013 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 MoreInvestigative scope and HPRB deference
In the first significant judicial review of a decision of the BC Health Professions...
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 MoreResponsibility for assessing the substantial equivalence of foreign credentials
Registration committees must, in assessing the substantial equivalence of foreign credentials, be transparent, objective,...
Read More2012 Professional Regulatory Round-Up
Since professional regulatory bodies are creatures of statute, one might mistakenly think that all...
Read MoreHPRB infers the existence of a “registration decision” and decides the case without a hearing on the merits
Registration processes do not occur instantaneously; applicants send in applications for registration, and regulators...
Read MoreInquiry and Discipline: Employer (or employee) conduct vs. unprofessional conduct under the HPA
Health professionals who engage in arguments in their capacity as employers, or as former...
Read MoreHPRB Process: The inadmissibility of new evidence going beyond the time, parties and place of the original complaint
While the HPRB can accept new documentary evidence that was not before an Inquiry...
Read MoreBC HPRB: Investigation and dismissal powers of registrars under the Health Professions Act
A five-member panel of the HPRB examined the practice of one health college allowing...
Read MoreBC HPRB: The adequacy of an investigation where assertions conflict
An investigation may fail to be adequate where an Inquiry Committee fails to make...
Read MoreBC HPRB: Labour mobility, reciprocal registration and US licensees
The Health Professions Review Board (HPRB) addressed the ability of an applicant to obtain...
Read MoreThe Ontario HPARB: A scope of review limited to what is sought
Ontario’s Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) cannot review a decision with respect...
Read More2011 Health Law Roundup
2011 was an amazing year for health law cases. We strained to reduce the...
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