The BC government’s ordering of health measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as vaccination and masking requirements, has resulted in much legal wrangling...
Read MoreWhere registrants are fulfilling public roles under statutes apart from the Health Professions Act — such as where a physician acts as a “health officer” or...
Read MoreAs we summarized in our recent 2021 professional regulation round-up, governments that are implementing COVID-related measures...
Read MoreProfessional regulatory law in the year 2021 was largely consumed with COVID-related cases...
Read MorePRB decisions — has now been significantly clarified, and shifted, by the BC Court...
Read MoreReal estate: David Avren is the Vice President, Legal Services and Compliance of the...
Read MoreTo ensure that regulatory authorities have the tools to address sexual misconduct by professionals...
Read MoreIn theory, any administrative decision may be analyzed for reasonableness. For example, a professional...
Read MoreWhere a regulatory authority makes a decision by strictly following a policy, but otherwise...
Read MoreWhen a regulatory authority withdraws a proposed consent agreement and refers a complaint matter...
Read MoreIn November 2019, the Steering Committee on Modernization of Health Professional Regulation released its...
Read MoreAs described in a recent Globe and Mail article (here), the College of Physicians...
Read MoreThe propriety of an interim suspension during a regulatory investigation, when a registrant is...
Read MoreColleges under the Health Professions Act “may” consider any past action previously taken by...
Read MoreThe jurisdiction of regulatory colleges to regulate the activities of professionals who operate in...
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