Sentences with phrase «many professional regulatory bodies»

But despite frequent federal government discussion of the matter, Ottawa lacks any real authority to make progress — professional regulatory bodies are a provincial matter.

Believe it or not PADI, unlike other similar professional regulatory bodies, is a limited company registered in USA, not an association.

This ruling would have the effect of relegating BC lawyers to a pre-cloud technological backwater, which does not serve the public's interest nor the LSBC's own principal strategic goal of becoming a «more innovative and effective professional regulatory body.»

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.

The presentation also included a practical discussion of common confidentiality and privacy scenarios encountered by professional regulatory bodies with respect to information produced, collected or used during the registration, inquiry and discipline processes.

The Privacy Webinar had over 100 attendees from 20 professional regulatory bodies in Western Canada.

Registration, mobility and good character: The manner in which a professional regulatory body may assess the «good character» of mobility applicants was addressed by the Alberta Queen's Bench in the Lum case (2015 ABQB 12, which we wrote about here.

Third, the Scott case addresses when a professional regulatory body may take «extraordinary» action to protect the public during an investigation and pending the outcome of a discipline hearing.

One of the difficulties faced by professional regulatory bodies is how to deal with professionals they have disciplined who then also face sanctions following criminal proceedings on the same facts.

Our lawyers have acted for architects, engineers, lawyers, dentists, and accountants in professional errors and omissions claims, advised clients before professional regulatory bodies, acted for professional administrative bodies, provided advice regarding investigations conducted by administrative authorities, and have acted in judicial reviews of decisions made by professional regulatory bodies.

Doctors and their professional regulatory bodies must grapple with challenging questions of when and how a physician may legally assist their patients in dying.

Moving forward, we anticipate even more stringent responses to privacy breaches, especially from professional regulatory bodies, and in civil courts.

Professional regulatory bodies in British Columbia must preserve personal privacy, and treat matters as confidential, as and to the extent they must under their enabling statutes, and under BC's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act («FIPPA»).

Secondly, in some cases, professional regulatory bodies stepped in and disciplined registrants who violated patient privacy.

The primary mandate of these professional regulatory bodies is to protect the public.

Quebec has 44 professional regulatory bodies including the Quebec Bar Association, which regulate some 357,000 members.

Alysha represents a broad range of clients, including multi-national corporations, professional regulatory bodies, individuals and small business owners.

The BC decision, if left in place, limits the jurisdiction of professional regulatory bodies (in BC) to decline accrediting educational programs that discriminate, but do so on religious grounds.

The BC decision in Sobeys upholds a broad discretion of professional regulatory bodies to pass bylaws that, in their view, establish professional standards in the public interest.

In addition to her insurance work, Melanie regularly assists professional regulatory bodies address policy, registration and discipline issues.

Professional regulatory bodies require applicants to be of good character or morally fit before admitting them into membership.

Regulatory and public law - care standards, educational and disciplinary tribunals, professional regulatory bodies

In cases where confidentiality of sensitive information is a concern, erring on the side of caution is important since, unlike superior courts, which can prevent misuse of confidential information through court order, professional regulatory bodies have no express power to control what complainants do with information once in their possession.

She advises professional regulatory bodies on all areas of their responsibilities including quality assurance, registration, inquiry, discipline, reviews and appeals.

«Organisation that do not comply with this new duty and are then forced to apologise later down the line could face serious consequences, including a fine for the organisation, reputational damage and for individuals, possible referrals to their professional regulatory bodies.

Professional regulatory bodies often regulate registrants» business practices, at least in how they advertise services and solicit clients.

The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Laffin v. Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, 2012 ONCA 846 provides a sober reminder to professional regulatory bodies that in assessing applicants for registration, they are confined to assessing applications against the particular requirements set out in their enabling statutes and bylaws.

Tribunals and Charter values: For example, the decision in Doré makes clear that professional regulatory bodies making decisions or exercising powers that collide with Charter values, such as freedom of expression, are responsible for understanding those Charter values, respecting them, and balancing them with statutory objectives.

On its face, the HPRB's decision defines a «matter» which must be investigated and disposed of by an inquiry committee expansively enough to capture not only isolated incidents of negligence or incompetent provision of professional services, but also issues such as overbilling that many professional regulatory bodies treat as outside their jurisdiction.

Professional regulatory bodies routinely review applicants» educational backgrounds as part of their registration assessments.

It is interesting to note that many professional regulatory bodies do not appear to utilize ungovernability as a basis for discipline.

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.

On deference to a professional regulatory body's «zero tolerance» standard for sexual relations between members and clients or former clients (even if the client is the member's common - law spouse): Leering v. College of Chiropractors of Ontario, 2010 ONCA 87.

It may seem undesirable, even distasteful, to permit a person who has been implicated in corruption to continue to act in her or his professional capacity without some sort of censure, and certainly the government and professional regulatory bodies must strike a balance between protecting a professional's right to due process and protecting the public from corrupt activity.

On deference to a professional regulatory body on findings of unprofessional conduct: Salway v. Assn. of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, 2010 BCCA 94, 3 B.C.L.R. (5th) 213 (B.C.C.A.), leave to appeal denied [2010] S.C.C.A. No. 122.

Limits of «reasonableness» on ethical and practice rules: Implied limits on the powers of professional regulatory bodies to superintend their professions was illustrated by the B.C. Supreme Court's decision that a college unreasonably exercised its by - law making powers in Sobeys West Inc. v. College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, 2014 BCSC 1414 (under appeal).

The Court of Appeal decided, in Meadow v General Medical Council [2006] EWCA Civ 1390, [2007] 1 All ER 1, that professional regulatory bodies will have a disciplinary role with respect to their members who carry out expert witness work.

First, to suggest that the application of the BCCT decision to the LSUC's decision «is a stretch» can only be characterized as disingenuous in the extreme — that decision addresses the question of whether a professional regulatory body can refuse to accredit the graduates of a private university based on that university's otherwise legal internal policies.

The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has suggested, however, that claims of malicious prosecution ought not apply to professional regulatory bodies at all: Estabrooks v. New Brunswick Real Estate Association, 2014 NBCA 48.

«The majority decision in Estabrooks will be a good precedent for professional regulatory bodies sued for malicious prosecution based on disciplinary proceedings that turned out to be unfounded — and for counsel and litigants urging a cautious approach to the expansion of any contested tort.

The court examined the small number of Canadian cases where courts accepted the possibility of claims of malicious prosecution against professional regulatory bodies, as well as the English case of Gregory v. Portsmouth City Council, [2000] UKHL 3, [2000] 1 AC 419, where Lord Steyn concluded that the claim does not extend to disciplinary proceedings.

In 1989, the organization, which changed its name in 1969 to better reflect the scope of its work, spearheaded the establishment of a Legislative Recognition committee to advocate for the creation of a professional regulatory body for ECEs in Ontario.

Handle With Care Behavior Management System ® complies with all Federal and State laws and is accredited by all major professional regulatory bodies.

Finally, professional regulatory bodies often have a mandate to educate the various stakeholders about the nature of regulation.

Not exact matches

The PPA will help represent the state pediatric dentistry association in promoting children's oral health issues with the state legislature and other elected bodies, state regulatory agencies (including Medicaid and health departments), licensing bureaus, professional health and child welfare organizations, oral health coalitions, foundations, institutions of dental education, publicly - funded safety net programs, and the private sector benefits industry.

Your expertise will also be valued by regulatory bodies and by professional organizations that support scientists by arranging conferences and meetings, publishing relevant material, and offering advice and training.

Also peruse the Web sites of professional associations, such as ISPE or PDA, and regulatory bodies such as FDA, EMEA, or HSA.

In total, 120 single and consolidated submissions were received from the Federal, State and Territory governments and regulatory authorities, education unions, professional peak bodies and individual schools and teachers.

ASIC is one of the few financial regulatory bodies in the world that is highly regarded in the financial industry as being strict, as well as professional.

There is also a self - regulatory body, the National Futures Association (NFA), to further monitor the activity of all market professionals.