Hearing panels have the responsibility to independently make decisions and draft their own reasons. However, courts have permitted some degree of peer review of decisions
The Ontario Court of Appeal has re-affirmed the authority of regulators to make policies setting out the expectations of practitioners in the course of their
One of the more significant developments in the regulation of health professions in the UK is the codification of the duty of candour when an
Regulators encourage practitioners with a disability to participate in assessment and treatment with the hope that the practitioner can remain in practice. Correspondingly, practitioners with
Last month the Professional Standards Authority of the UK published an update of the criteria it uses to assess the performance of the regulators it
In Francis v Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board, 2018 NLSC 248, http://canlii.ca/t/hwgdr a group of pharmacists tried a second time to challenge the validity of
Discipline tribunals often struggle when a practitioner requests an adjournment to obtain legal counsel. The right to have representation at a hearing affecting one’s livelihood
As a general proposition it is the applicant for registration who has the burden of proving that they meet the entry requirements. However, this conceptual
In The Law Society of Manitoba v Young, 2018 MBCA 126, http://canlii.ca/t/hwbp5 Manitoba’s highest court rejected an appeal made on the basis that the hearing
The trend in registration matters has been to consider competencies rather than credentials. This is an essential part of the legal requirements imposed on regulators