Not exact matches
Paul Cahill succeeds in reviewing a decision of the
Complaints Committee of
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario at the
Health Professionals Appeal and Review Board concerning a family physician's failure to diagnose colorectal cancer.
Where an inquiry committee of a
college under the BC
Health Professions Act summarily dismisses a
complaint, on the basis the
college lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter of the
complaint (e.g., a financial dispute between the parties), the
Health...
Patients can make formal
complaints to the
health professional's
college about a practitioner's conduct.
The problem is FSCO doesn't investigate
complaints against the brokering facility and / or the expert regulated
health professionals who edit and / or prepare the expert reports on behalf of the assessing or examining experts; and the
College's don't regulate the Third Party Report and expert assessments conducted by their members (see K.I., MD and L.K. 2013 ON HPARB 332 (CanLII); and B.M. v. T.F. 2009 ON HPARB 89213 (CanLII) and are not meeting their obligation to protect the public.
The recent decision, C.M. v P.M., 1 the
Health Professionals Appeal and Review Board («HPARB») confirmed a decision of the Inquiries,
Complaints and Reports Committee of the
College of Kinesiologists of Ontario («The
College Committee»).
A five - member panel of the HPRB examined the practice of one
health college allowing complaints to be dismissed, apparently following review and assessment by its Inquiry Committee, but in fact dismissed by the Registrar, in Complainant v. College of Physic
college allowing
complaints to be dismissed, apparently following review and assessment by its Inquiry Committee, but in fact dismissed by the Registrar, in Complainant v.
College of Physic
College of Physicians...
The BC Supreme Court recently found that the
Health Professions Review Board improperly failed to defer to an interpretation of the
Health Professions Act by a
college under that statute, where its Inquiry Committee dismissed a
complaint about what appeared...
In the recent case of
College of Chiropractors of British Columbia v.
Health Professions Review Board, 2016 BCSC 391, the B.C. Supreme Court addressed the duties of an inquiry committee under the Health Professions Act, when a complainant asserts injury caused by alleged negligence, but the committee dismisses the complaint based on the treatment having been appropriate, regardless of evidence from other health professionals bearing on whether the treatment caused the i
Health Professions Review Board, 2016 BCSC 391, the B.C. Supreme Court addressed the duties of an inquiry committee under the
Health Professions Act, when a complainant asserts injury caused by alleged negligence, but the committee dismisses the complaint based on the treatment having been appropriate, regardless of evidence from other health professionals bearing on whether the treatment caused the i
Health Professions Act, when a complainant asserts injury caused by alleged negligence, but the committee dismisses the
complaint based on the treatment having been appropriate, regardless of evidence from other
health professionals bearing on whether the treatment caused the i
health professionals bearing on whether the treatment caused the injury.
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.
Deference owed by the
Health Professions Review Board: In British Columbia, decisions by health colleges disposing of complaints other than by citation face review by the
Health Professions Review Board: In British Columbia, decisions by
health colleges disposing of complaints other than by citation face review by the
health colleges disposing of
complaints other than by citation face review by the HPRB.
She practices in the fields of mental
health and capacity law, Charter litigation, civil actions, coroners» inquests, elder law, privacy matters, and
complaints to the regulated
health professions
colleges.
The continuing jurisdiction of human rights tribunals generally was recently illustrated by a decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in Trozzi v.
College of Nurses of Ontario, 2010 HRTO 1892 to retain jurisdiction over a
complaint despite a human rights violation being dismissed by the Ontario
Health Profession Appeal and Review Board («HPARB»).
In the area of professional regulation and liability, Connie has represented and defended physicians in professional liability cases,
complaints to the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., and before the
Health Professions Review Board.
In the first significant judicial review of a decision of the BC
Health Professions Review Board (the «HPRB»), the BC Supreme Court found that a registrar investigating a
complaint and exercising a summary dismissal power under s. 32 (3) of the
Health Professions Act (the «Act») was entitled to deference as to adequacy of the investigation in Moore v.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, 2013 BCSC 2081.
When the Inquiry Committee of a
college under BC's
Health Professions Act (the «Act») disposes of a
complaint without a citation, the complainant may apply for review by the
Health Professions Review Board (the «HPRB»).