Mandatory reporting provisions typically protect the reporter from liability or retaliation for making a report in good faith. Do those immunity provisions prevent registrants from
Many registrants serve as staff or on the governing board and committees of their regulator. An issue arises as to whether the regulatory-complaints process can
Health regulators are receiving frequent expressions of concern about “medical spas” that provide cosmetic procedures. Complex questions arise as to the legal authority to provide
Regulators cannot enact legislation through policy. However, regulators frequently publish policies interpreting or applying their legislation. The line between those two activities is sometimes fine.
Investigations require the regulator and investigator to make multiple choices throughout. Registrants sometimes suggest that some of the choices made are unfair. Courts tend to
It is a delicate task to word an investigative summons to produce documents. On the one hand, the investigator wants to ensure that all helpful
Courts strongly discourage registrants from judicially challenging the validity of a referral of allegations of professional misconduct to discipline. The latest court decision on the
Courts are reflecting on how costs should be assessed in discipline hearings where findings have been made against registrants. Alberta’s highest court has shifted from
A current consultation in the UK highlights the complexity of policy choices involved in the regulation of professions. One such choice is whether to take
Many regulators frequently provide a copy of the registrant’s response to a complaint to the complainant for comment. Doing so can assist in providing the