News and Events: Mark your calendar! Feb 27, 2014
February 27 (webinar only): Lisa C. Fong and Amy Salazyn are presenting a 1.5...
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News and Events: Mark your calendar! April 4, 2014
April 4 (live in Vancouver and by webinar): Lisa C. Fong and Angela Westmacott,...
Read MoreNews and Events: 2013 Professional Regulation Conference
On November 15, 2013, 103 attendees from 23 professional regulatory organizations across Canada attended...
Read MoreInvestigative scope and HPRB deference
In the first significant judicial review of a decision of the BC Health Professions...
Read MoreProof of professional standards
Where professional misconduct is at issue, a hearing panel may need to determine the...
Read MoreAdequacy of reasons and credibility
Where a hearing panel assesses the credibility of an applicant’s account of events, the...
Read MoreAdequacy of reasons and conflicting evidence
Disciplinary hearing panels often face conflicts in the evidence before them, such as where...
Read MoreNews and Events: Room change for the 2013 Professional Regulation Conference [updated 2013-11-09]
[Updated 2013-11-09] The room for the conference has changed! The 2013 Professional Regulation Conference...
Read More2013 Conference – Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Regulation Conference: Vancouver Convention Centre, November 15, 2013 Frequently Asked Questions About the...
Read MoreFitness and the ungovernable member
Entry requirements of “good character” and “fitness” are clearly malleable. They consist of equally...
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 MoreDisclosing or withholding records of in camera meetings
Regulatory bodies may, despite a FIPPA request, refuse to disclose records that would reveal...
Read MoreCredibility, and evidence bearing on credibility, in discipline hearings
As many health professionals provide services in private rooms, complaints of inappropriate touching or...
Read MoreThe problems with hearsay – even for administrative tribunals
Administrative tribunals are not bound by strict rules of evidence. This does not mean...
Read MoreDecision-writing based on submissions from parties
Procedural fairness requires an impartial decision-maker, but that partiality may come into question where...
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