Perhaps the most consequential document in professional regulation in the English-speaking world this century is Right-Touch Regulation published by the UK oversight body, the Professional
The appointments made by regulators are important. These include the selection of the regulator’s Registrar and/or CEO, appointments to committees (e.g., a discipline tribunal) and,
In the UK, reform is coming to the regulation of health professions. The oversight body, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA), has issued a guidance document
Many regulators rely upon external accreditation bodies to approve educational programs for registration purposes. Those accreditation bodies are often not-for-profit entities that are independent of
An effective quality assurance program must operate in a bubble of confidentiality. To ensure full and candid participation by registrants, registrants need to be confident
When a discipline panel applies criminal sentencing principles at the penalty stage of a hearing, it is considered an aggravating factor to have previously been
When there is a concerning connection between counsel to a party in a proceeding and the adjudicator, who should step aside? In Whearty v. Ontario
Two of the more challenging legal principles for regulators to apply are accommodation and proportionality. Accommodation, in the human rights sphere, refers to adjusting a
Finality of disciplinary decisions is important for the regulator, hearing participants, and the public. The significance of that principle is illustrated in Tan v. Ontario
Should a regulator postpone its investigations where the registrant is involved in a parallel proceeding addressing many of the same issues? In Bauhuis v Association