|
Legislation and Professional Regulation
Welcome to the Legislation and Professional Regulation
home page. Here you will find information regarding the legislative
mandate of the Ministry and recent developments in the area of
professional regulation.
Professional
Regulation
Professional regulatory bodies have been delegated
the authority to govern professional practice of their members
in the public interest. One of their key functions is to ensure
members practise competently and ethically. All regulatory
bodies administer public complaint processes. More information
about the roles and responsibilities of the professional regulatory
bodies and how to make a complaint about a member of a regulated
health profession can be obtained from the pamphlet "Your
Assurance of Competent, Ethical Health Care", available
from the College of Registered Nurses of
British Columbia.
This is a document prepared by BC's Health Regulatory
Organizations.
British Columbia's health profession regulatory framework is undergoing significant reform.
The Ministry has prepared an unofficial consolidation of the Health Professions Act.
Note: This consolidation is provided for personal or legal use only, within the terms of the Government’s copyright policy and guidelines covering reproduction of provincial legislation. Copyright belongs exclusively to the Province of British Columbia. This consolidation is not the official version. The Province of British Columbia does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of this version and in no event will the Province of British Columbia be liable or responsible for damages of any kind arising out of its use. Please read this disclaimer for more information. If you find any errors or omissions, please let us know.
Professions
Proposed and recently approved amendments to
bylaws, rules and regulations for each of the regulated health
professions can be viewed by clicking on the profession in the
list below. The Health Professions Act requires that notice of proposed amendments to regulations and bylaws be given to all professional regulatory bodies. By policy, notice of such amendments proposed by professional regulatory bodies under other statutes is also given to all professional regulatory bodies. By policy, information about all notices given is also published on this website.
Contact Us
Comments on proposed new or amended professional regulations, bylaws or rules may be submitted by email, feed back form, or ordinary mail to the address noted below. These submissions should be addressed to the attention of the Director, Professional Regulation. We prefer to receive submissions in an electronic format (email, feedback form, MS Word, PDF), but all submissions are welcome.
Ministry of Health Services
Legislation and Professional Regulation
5th Floor, 1515 Blanshard Street
Victoria BC V8W 3C8
Fax: (250) 952-2205
Email: HLTH.LPRAdmin@gov.bc.ca
General enquiries may also be submitted by email or feed back form.
PDF Format
Some documents on this Web site are in PDF format and require a PDF reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 7.0 or the most recent version of another PDF reader, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader by selecting the 'Get Acrobat Reader' icon.
Last Revised:
August 20, 2008
|
