HPRB: Robustness of reasons when resolving complaints through remedial education under HPA s.36(1)(b)
The Health Professions Review Board has signaled to Inquiry Committees resolving complaints by way...
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Bitonti and White – Human rights considerations in the assessment of foreign applicants
Professional regulators are acutely aware nowadays of substantial equivalence issues in registration processes, given...
Read MoreDisciplining a former member when the enabling act only refers to members
Today, most self-regulating profession legislation expressly provide that former members can be disciplined for...
Read MoreClients cannot waive the public interest in professionals who allow conflicts of interest
Conflicts of interests which amount to professional misconduct can be confusing when the issue...
Read MoreInjunctions to prevent unauthorized practice by former registrants who fail to comply with continuing competency requirements: The value of a consistent message
Every year regulators face the issues surrounding cancelling registrants’ licenses for failure to comply...
Read MoreRegistration and mental fitness
The refusal of an application for registration on grounds of fitness by the Ontario...
Read MoreAddressing complainant misuse of documents
Over the last few weeks we have explored the balancing act regulators may engage...
Read MoreHuman rights liability of regulatory bodies: the Gichuru compensation award
In a recent decision in the matter of Gichuru v. The Law Society of...
Read MoreMore on disclosure to complainants during investigations
In a recent posting entitled Conference Questions: What should regulatory bodies disclose to complainants?...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreHPRB hearings: oral versus written hearings
The need for an oral hearing before the Health Professions Review Board (the “HPRB”),...
Read MoreCosts awards and reasonableness in disciplinary hearings
Regardless of the specific language in a profession’s governing statute or the governing body’s...
Read MoreConference Questions: What should regulatory bodies disclose to complainants?
During our 2011 Professional Regulation Conference, a question arose as to the information inquiry...
Read MoreConcurrent proceedings before a disciplinary hearing panel and the BC Human Rights Tribunal: can the same issue be decided by both at the same time?
The issue of whether a professional disciplinary tribunal can rule on institutional bias, and...
Read MoreTribunal jurisdiction to award costs in discipline proceedings
Hearings are expensive processes for all parties. Respondents of course bear the expense of...
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