Professional regulatory bodies require applicants to be of good character or morally fit before admitting them into membership.
Not exact matches
In our 2015
regulatory round - up (here), we described the ongoing dispute arising in the Trinity Western cases, where three
professional regulatory bodies — law societies in three provinces (B.C., Ontario and Nova Scotia)-- refused to accredit a religious university which
required that students sign a «community covenant»
requiring that they abstain from sexual intimacy outside of marriage between one man and one woman.
While enabling statutes of
professional regulatory bodies may not
require that respondents respond to complaints, particular regulators may enact standards that
require their registrants to cooperate during investigations.
An Alberta court recently addressed whether a
regulatory body acts outside its authority where, as part of its registration renewal process, it deviates from prescribed forms and
requires professionals to answer questions pertaining to their criminal record and mental health...
An Alberta court recently addressed whether a
regulatory body acts outside its authority where, as part of its registration renewal process, it deviates from prescribed forms and
requires professionals to answer questions pertaining to their criminal record and mental health history: Health Sciences Assn. of Alberta v. Alberta College of Paramedics, 2016 ABQB 723.
I have a problem with judges interpreting (or setting)
professional standards without referring to data and policy analysis which these
regulatory bodies are
required to gather, analyze and factor into their policy determinations.
Self - regulating
professional bodies are granted broad
regulatory powers because they are
required to act in the public interest and not because they are licensing
bodies.
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