Upcoming Events: CLE on Self-Governing Professions
APRIL 1, 2011: The agenda of the BC CLE course on Self-Governing Professions includes...
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Upcoming Events [updated]: CBA Health Law subsection meeting on registration issues under the HPA
MARCH 28, 2011: Lisa C. Fong and Christian Morey, articled student, will give a lunch-hour...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part Four: Exclusion of evidence
The Review Board has been in place for just over two years, but is...
Read MoreGovernance: The B.C. College of Teachers, the Avison Report, the BCTF defamation suit against council member, Richard Walker, and the election of Christy Clark
Self-governing professions can often replicate the ideological disputes found in society at large, including...
Read MoreJudicial Review for apprehension of bias: production of documents by the decision-maker
The Supreme Court recently reserved its decision on an application by the College of...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part Three: Reasonableness of Decisions
The Health Professions Review Board (HPRB) has confirmed reviews of inquiry dispositions are on...
Read MoreCan professional regulators enforce cost awards in court?
If a registrant ends up owing his or her regulatory body fines or costs,...
Read MoreHPRB Summaries: Summary dismissal for no prospect of success (chiropractors)
The BC Health Professions Review Board does not, when performing a review of an...
Read MoreHPRB Month Two: A commentary on the HPRB mediation process
Heather MacKay, Registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of BC, is scheduled to...
Read MoreHPRB Summaries: Exclusion of information from the record
Examples of when the Health Professions Review Board will or will not receive evidence...
Read MoreAdequacy of discipline reasons
A discipline committee which finds professional misconduct must, in its reasons, “make clear the...
Read MoreFitness: Deemed findings of a lack of “good character”
The precise meaning of a “good character” requirement for registration in a College will...
Read MoreThis Month’s Regulator’s Question: What are the key issues to cover in a board orientation presentation?
Good board governance is key to maintaining a well functioning regulatory body. For many...
Read MoreHPRB Month Part 1: The meaning of “adequacy” in complaint investigations
As the Health Professions Review Board has jurisdiction to review the adequacy of investigations...
Read MoreInvestigator powers under Ontario Health Professions Procedural Code are constitutionally valid
Some cases are especially hard fought, on every front. This seems to be the...
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