Privacy and FIPPA: procedural fairness issues
As we have previously mentioned, we received numerous questions from participants during the Q&A...
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Procedural fairness and the statutory opportunity to respond during an investigation
The Ontario courts have recently held that where a Complaints Committee of a health...
Read MoreMisconduct: When Non-Responsiveness Becomes Ungovernability
A professional being disciplined for professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct who fails to respond...
Read MoreEvents: June 7, 2012 Professional Regulation Webinar on Privacy and Confidentiality [updated 2012-05-27]
Lovett & Westmacott and Ng Ariss Fong will be holding a two-hour webinar on...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Canada speaks on how professional regulatory tribunals must apply Charter values
Professionals can run up against ethical rules in many possible ways, but the most...
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 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 Professional Regulatory Round-up
Looking back, the professional regulatory cases in 2011 reveal some major themes: applicant character...
Read MoreThe duty to self-report potential liability
All professionals are required to exercise discretion and professional judgment in their practice. These...
Read MoreRegulator Watch: The new Teachers Act
The new Teachers Act that will dissolve the BC College of Teachers and replace...
Read MoreThe Human Rights Tribunal’s jurisdiction over regulator decisions, despite a right of review or appeal
This blog has already discussed some human rights considerations a regulatory body should have...
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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