Sentences with phrase «complaints of professional misconduct»

The purpose of the Investigation Committee is to receive written complaints of professional misconduct and to afford hearings to any BREA licensed members or any other persons who may have submitted such a complaint.

The Disciplinary Committee shall hear all complaints of professional misconduct referred to it by the Investigation Committee in such manner as may be prescribed.

The purpose of s. 36 (3) is to encourage the reporting of complaints of professional misconduct against members of a health profession, and to ensure that those complaints are fully investigated and fairly decided without any participant in the proceedings — a health professional, a patient, a complainant, a witness or a College employee — fearing that a document prepared for College proceedings can be used in a civil action.

Not exact matches

When you see an accountant, a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer, that person has a rigorous code of professional practice with which he or she must comply, ongoing professional development obligations, a common body of knowledge as a barrier to entry, a body of peers that oversees any complaints or misconduct, and must pay an annual fee in order to practice.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

The CTC, mandated under state law to serve as the arbiter of professional integrity and quality for California's teachers, was the subject of a critical audit released in early 2011 that found a backlog of thousands of unprocessed teacher misconduct complaints that state officials said may have exposed some students to unsafe classroom conditions.

The functions of the teachers» colleges may include setting out clear standards of practice, providing for the ongoing education of teachers, investigating complaints involving members, conducting hearings into allegations of professional misconduct and taking appropriate disciplinary action and accrediting teacher education programs.

It is also clear that the original widely publicised complaint to the NHMRC and AHPRA alleging professional and research misconduct, was done for precisely the same reasons by those within public health and wind industry circles in Australia who were unhappy with the attention the issue of health damage from wind turbine noise was attracting.

A group of law professors from around the country has filed a professional misconduct complaint against White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway, a graduate of George Washington University Law School who was admitted to the D.C. Bar in 1995.

It is «an investigative and screening body that reviews issues of incapacity, professional misconduct and / or incompetence that arise from complaints» (para. 17).

In 2005, the Ontario Divisional Court followed RCMP Complaints Commission in holding that the Ontario College of Teachers» Professional Misconduct Regulations could not be given retroactive effect to apply to conduct that predated the promulgation of the regulations.

The case creates a «very high threshold» for regulated health professionals seeking to challenge a proposed interim suspension or interim conditions, in the face of a complaint alleging serious misconduct, such as sexual abuse, says Lad Kucis, partner and co-chairman of the health law group with Gardiner Roberts LLP in Toronto.

In a post titled, «A Tidal Wave of Crap,» Pattis suggests that it's time for attorneys to defend themselves against frivolous claims (Ambrogi reports that 62,000 were dismissed because the agency lacked jurisdiction or the complaint lacked facts constituting professional misconduct).

As a result of a complaint to the CPO — brought by one of the subjects (not by any lawyer) of this «expert's» handiwork this psychologist was referred by his College's Complaints Committee for a Discipline Hearing on eleven counts of professional misconduct.

Every year an increasing number of complaints are filed against doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, EMTs and other licensed healthcare professionals alleging sexual misconduct.

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society charges Lyle Howe, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with professional misconduct and professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)professional misconduct and professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)professional incompetence for allegedly violating, between 2015 and 2016, provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b)Professional Conduct (the «Code»), the Regulations made pursuant to the Legal Profession Act (the «Act»), and practice conditions ordered by the Complaints Investigation Committee in September 2015 and July 2016 pursuant to s. 37 (1)(b) of the Act.

The same applies in respect of complaints of misconduct against any professional (lawyer, engineer or judge, etc.).»

Complaints to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (the «Institute») asserted professional misconduct.

The Society's complaints process is an open and accessible means for the review, processing and investigation of complaints alleging professional misconduct, conduct unbecoming, professional incompetence or incapacity against lawyers by members of the public, the Judiciary and other lawyers.Read More >

The College agreed with the registrant, who submitted that the College did not have jurisdiction to hear the complaint except in the clearest and most serious of cases, and that the alleged events, even if true, were not sufficiently clear and serious enough to constitute professional misconduct.

(a) the Registrar believes on reasonable and probable grounds that the member has committed an act of professional misconduct or is incompetent and the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee approves of the appointment;

36 (1) The Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee may refer a specified allegation of a member's professional misconduct or incompetence to the Discipline Committee.

In most cases, law society disciplinary regimes respond after a complaint is filed alleging that a lawyer has engaged in some kind of professional misconduct.

However, Slade J further held that, applying her earlier and important decision in Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Management Ltd v Geduld [2010] IRLR 38, [2009] All ER (D) 15 (Nov) the grievances here were not capable of constituting a protected disclosure in the first place — they were merely complaints about her personal position and did not include the necessary element of the disclosure of information about alleged employer misconduct.

In addition, the angry dissatisfied parent may also make complaints against the service provider through their licensing body, again with spurious and vexatious allegations of professional misconduct.

37 (1) On its own initiative or on receipt of a complaint, the real estate council may conduct an investigation to determine whether a licensee may have committed professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a licensee.

If the Complaints Committee is satisfied that there is no indication of professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a licensee, the Committee will dismiss the complaint and close the file, and the Complainant and the licensee are so informed.

Where a complaint has been received from a consumer or a licensee, the Council may conduct an investigation to determine whether a licensee has committed professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a licensee within the meaning of the Real Estate Services Act.

This may include the strata council submitting a complaint to the Council with respect to the conduct of the strata manager if the strata council believes the strata manager has committed professional misconduct or conduct unbecoming a licensee under the Real Estate Services Act.