The first judicial review of the HPRB: disclosure of past conduct history in the record
A court will defer to any finding of fact or law, or any exercise...
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HPRB hearings: oral versus written hearings
The need for an oral hearing before the Health Professions Review Board (the “HPRB”),...
Read MoreThe rights of complainants to appeal or review, or to demand procedural fairness
Whenever an inquiry committee decides against sending a complaint matter to a hearing, the...
Read MoreHPRB: Review Board can determine College’s jurisdiction on whether issues are matters of professional conduct or competence
Where an inquiry committee of a college under the BC Health Professions Act summarily...
Read MoreSold out! – 2011 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong
JUNE 9, 2011: The 2011 Professional Regulation Conference by Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong...
Read MoreHPRB: Adequacy of investigation and when an Inquiry Committee must review records of other patients
The Health Professions Review Board found an investigation to be adequate, although the Inquiry...
Read MoreRegistration: Fitness and Human Rights
In setting and enforcing standards of fitness, professional regulators must reasonably accommodate persons with...
Read MoreHPRB and Registration: Standard of Review and Adequacy of Reasons
The Health Professions Review Board has confirmed the standard of review for registration decisions...
Read MoreAllowing a litigant to seek review of an HPRB decision anonymously under a pseudonym is an exceptional order
Three recent decisions address the issue of registrants of colleges being entitled to anonymity...
Read MoreUpcoming Events: CLE on Self-Governing Professions
APRIL 1, 2011: The agenda of the BC CLE course on Self-Governing Professions includes...
Read MoreUpcoming Events [updated]: CBA Health Law subsection meeting on registration issues under the HPA
MARCH 28, 2011: Lisa C. Fong and Christian Morey, articled student, will give a lunch-hour...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part Four: Exclusion of evidence
The Review Board has been in place for just over two years, but is...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part Three: Reasonableness of Decisions
The Health Professions Review Board (HPRB) has confirmed reviews of inquiry dispositions are on...
Read MoreHPRB Summaries: Summary dismissal for no prospect of success (chiropractors)
The BC Health Professions Review Board does not, when performing a review of an...
Read MoreHPRB Month Two: A commentary on the HPRB mediation process
Heather MacKay, Registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of BC, is scheduled to...
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