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Many regulators rely on third-party organizations to assess a candidate’s credentials for registration. Regulators then need to ensure that the accreditation body makes defensible decisions. A recent decision on how registration policies are “clarified” has lessons for regulators. In Al Hussein v. F … Read more »

Once a discipline decision is issued, it is final. Exceptions are rare. One exception is where the decision document contains a mistake and does not reflect the decision actually made. Making such a mistake can have significant consequences for a regulator, beyond mere embarrassment. In Hrabluk v. M … Read more »

In addition to addressing a specific incident, complaints also often raise broader concerns. Similarly, the investigation of a specific concern can raise other issues entirely, perhaps even in relation to a different registrant. Is it improper for a regulator to look at the broader issues? In Colleg … Read more »

How should a registrant’s experience of racism, including while practising the profession, be considered when imposing a disciplinary sanction? That was the central issue in McKenzie v College of Nurses of Ontario, 2026 ONSC 5070 (CanLII). In this matter, the appellant nurse admitted to several inst … Read more »

Over the last few years, the UK oversight body for health and social service professions, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA), has been doing significant work on understanding and improving the handling of sexual misconduct matters. [In Canada, health regulators often call such conduct toward … Read more »