Regulator Watch: The new Teachers Act
The new Teachers Act that will dissolve the BC College of Teachers and replace...
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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 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 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 MoreHPRB hearings: oral versus written hearings
The need for an oral hearing before the Health Professions Review Board (the “HPRB”),...
Read MoreThe power to discipline former registrants
In 1987, BC courts found that a regulatory body could not discipline a former...
Read MoreJune 9th Conference Preview: 9:15-11:00am Applications for Registration – Implied Powers
Registration committees only have those powers that statutes give them expressly, or give them...
Read MorePanellist Profile: Kathy Corbett, Registrar and CEO, College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia
TOPIC: SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE – Reducing Barriers for International Applicants Kathy Corbett is Registrar and...
Read MoreImplied powers of registration committees when holding fitness hearings
One of the key decisions to be made when addressing an application for registration...
Read MoreRegistration: Difficult issues relating to good character
Regulatory bodies typically require that applicants for registration have “good character” as an element...
Read MoreRegistration: Fitness and Human Rights
In setting and enforcing standards of fitness, professional regulators must reasonably accommodate persons with...
Read MoreFit to be a professional: What is good character and fitness?
One essential purpose of regulatory bodies is to ensure professionals are fit to practice...
Read MoreHPRB and Registration: Standard of Review and Adequacy of Reasons
The Health Professions Review Board has confirmed the standard of review for registration decisions...
Read MoreOur round-up of top 2010 professional regulatory cases
1. On deference to a professional regulatory body on findings of unprofessional conduct: Salway...
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