How 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,...
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Inquiry Committees and Inadequate Investigations
In the recent case of College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v. Health Professions...
Read MoreAppellate court upholds bylaws aimed at keeping “incentive programs” from eroding professional standards
Bylaws passed by the College of Pharmacists of BC to prohibit pharmacists from making...
Read MoreUpdate on Physician-Assisted Death
As discussed in our previous blog posts, the Supreme Court of Canada declared, on...
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 MoreSave Nov. 16, 2016 for our professional regulation conference
Ng Ariss Fong and Lovett & Westmacott will hold their third bi-annual Professional Regulation...
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Human rights: In October 2015, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found discriminatory conduct by...
Read MoreSexual misconduct and interim action
The manner in which a screening or investigation committee may decide to take interim...
Read MoreProof of misconduct through proof of criminal conviction
In the last few months, we have been looking at discipline committee decisions, to...
Read MoreBC College of Veterinarians: allegations of ongoing discrimination and 10-day judicial review
We recently blogged about the human rights decision against the BC Veterinary Medical Association...
Read MoreThe constitutionality of mandatory revocation for sexual abuse
In Ontario, a health professional who commits “sexual abuse” in certain specific ways, such...
Read MoreSpecific discipline hearing issues: ungovernable registrants
In September, we began to look at recent discipline committee decisions, to highlight how...
Read MoreHuman right claim by Indo-Canadian veterinarians succeeds against the BCVMA
After the longest hearing in its history – 356 hearing days – the B.C....
Read MoreProfessional Regulation and Traditional Aboriginal Healing
On June 1, 2015 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its report on the...
Read MoreSpecific discipline hearing issues: multiple complaints, hearings in private, and use of “similar fact” evidence under the Health Professions Act
In British Columbia, colleges under BC’s Health Professions Act are increasingly publishing full reasons...
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