You’re wrong but we won’t tell you why: oversight of citations
In 2016, the B.C. government “took back” the Real Estate Council of British Columbia,...
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Moral or religious objections and professional obligations
The standards of health care colleges may provide that professionals who refuse to provide...
Read MoreDeference all the way, or in bits and pieces: does the Moore case require HPRB deference to more than choices of investigative procedures?
For colleges under BC’s Health Professions Act that have had the Health Professions Review...
Read More2017 regulatory round-up
In June, Lisa C. Fong and Angie Westmacott, Q.C., co-chaired a CLE session on...
Read MoreInquiry: Courts will not judicially review letters of criticism
Under B.C.’s Health Professions Act, some inquiry committees will issue letters of criticism to...
Read MoreInquiry: Why inquiry committees should provide robust reasons
Inquiry or investigation committees of self-regulating professions may wish to assess the extent they...
Read MoreJune conference updates
We are just around the corner from luxuriating in two days of deep thinking,...
Read MoreMark your calendars: 2017 Professional Regulation Hearing Workshop
June 1, 2017 (Vancouver): 2017 Professional Regulation Hearing Workshop: Lisa C. Fong and guest...
Read MoreInquiry: The potential for professional staff to bias inquiry or investigation committees
The question of whether a decision of an inquiry committee to refer a matter...
Read More2016 Professional Regulation Roundup
The year 2016 involved outcomes to many of the outstanding regulatory issues that we...
Read MoreDisciplining registrants for failing to respond to complaints
While enabling statutes of professional regulatory bodies may not require that respondents respond to...
Read MoreHow to decide about extraordinary or interim action: Scott v CMTBC, 2016 BCCA 180
When screening or inquiry committees decide on interim or “extraordinary” measures pending further investigation,...
Read MoreInquiry Committees and Inadequate Investigations
In the recent case of College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v. Health Professions...
Read MoreDisclosure by public bodies of risks to public health or safety (under BC’s FIPPA)
Professional regulatory bodies in British Columbia must preserve personal privacy, and treat matters as...
Read More2015 professional regulation roundup
Human rights: In October 2015, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found discriminatory conduct by...
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