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Health Professions ActSearch Results | Clear Search | Previous (in doc) | Next (in doc) | Prev Doc | Next DocCopyright (c) Queen's Printer,	Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaLicenseDisclaimer	This Act is current to July 19, 2017See the Tables of Legislative Changes for this Act’s legislative history, including any changes not in force.Health Professions Act[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER	183Contents 1DefinitionsPart 1 2–6RepealedPart 1.1 — Advisory Panels 6.1Definitions 6.2Appointment of advisory panel 6.3Referral to advisory panel 6.4Meetings of advisory panel 6.5Remuneration and reimbursement of expensesPart 2 — Designated Health Professions 7Application by health profession association for designation 8Reference by minister regarding possible designation 9Investigation regarding possible designation 10Designations 11Regulations respecting applications for designation 12Designation of a health profession 12.1Prohibition and limitation — use of reserved titles 12.2Exceptions 13Prohibitions regarding practice of designated health profession 14Exceptions to prohibitions 14.1Responsibility of registrants not affected by incorporation 15Health profession college established 15.1Colleges continued 16Duty and objects of a college 17Board for health profession college 17.1Election validation 17.11Oath of office 17.2Executive committee 18Responsibilities of board 18.1Inquiry 18.2Directives 19Bylaws for college 20Registration of person in college 20.01Notice to applicant for certification 20.02Application of Labour Mobility Act to nurse practitioners 20.1-20.3Repealed 20.4Interjurisdictional cooperation 21Registrar and register for college 22Inspection of register 22.1Repealed 23Certificate as evidence 24Immunity for acts or omissions in good faith 25RepealedPart 2.1 — Medical Practitioners 25.1Definitions for Part 25.2Investigation of skill 25.3Absence from British Columbia 25.4Alternative medicine 25.5Bylaws 25.6Medical examination to assess whether curtailment of practice should be ordered 25.7Not enactedPart 2.2 — Pharmacists 25.8Definitions for Part 25.9Objects of the college 25.91Interchangeable drugs 25.92Terms of a prescription 25.93Misrepresentation 25.94Disclosure of personal health information 25.95ExceptionsPart 3 — Inspections, Inquiries and Discipline 26Definitions for Part 26.1Quality assurance program 26.2Confidential information 27Inspectors 28Powers and duties of inspectors 29Search and seizure under court order 30Detention of things seized 31Prohibition against obstructing inspection or search 32Complaints to be made to registrar for delivery 32.1Definition for sections 32.2 and 32.3 32.2Duty to report registrant 32.3Duty to report respecting hospitalized registrant 32.4Duty to report sexual misconduct 32.5Immunity 33Investigations by inquiry committee 34Notice of disposition 35Extraordinary action to protect public 36Reprimand or remedial action by consent 37Citation for hearing by discipline committee 37.1Consent orders 38Discipline committee hearing 39Action by discipline committee 39.1Unprofessional conduct in another jurisdiction or while practising as a registrant of another college 39.2Consideration of past action 39.3Public notification 40Appeal of discipline committee decision to Supreme CourtPart 4 — Health Profession Corporations 40.1Definition 41Application of this Part 42Health profession corporations 43Health profession corporation permits to be issued by board 44Revocation of corporation permits 45Prohibition against carrying on corporate business 46Prohibition against certain voting agreements 47Obligations to provide evidence respecting health profession corporation 48Repealed 49Bylaws applicable to health profession corporations 50Regulations respecting health profession corporationsPart 4.1 50.1Not in force. Repealed 50.2-50.4Not in forcePart 4.2 — Health Professions Review Board 50.5Definitions for Part 4.2 50.51Health Professions Review Board established 50.52Application of Administrative Tribunals Act to review board 50.53Powers and duties of review board 50.54Review of registration decisions 50.55Timeliness of inquiry committee investigations 50.56Investigation by inquiry committee suspended 50.57Review — delayed investigation 50.58Duties and powers of review board — review of delayed investigations 50.59Investigation by inquiry committee terminated 50.6Review of inquiry committee decisions 50.61Procedural requirements — application for review 50.62Review does not operate as stay 50.63Exclusive jurisdiction of review board 50.64Application of Administrative Tribunals Act to review board for purposes of reviews 50.65Reports to ministerPart 5 — General 51Offences 52Injunction to restrain contravention 52.1Not in force 52.2Collection and disclosure of health human resources information 52.3Obligation of registrants to provide information 52.4Use of health human resources information by government 53Confidential information 54Deemed receipt of documents 55Regulations of the minister 56Regulations of the Lieutenant Governor in CouncilScheduleDefinitions1 In this Act:"board" means the board established under section 17 (1) for a college;"bylaw" means a bylaw for a college made under section 19 or 49;"certified non-registrant" means a non-registrant to whom registrants of a college may delegate aspects of practice or who may be authorized to provide or perform aspects of practice in accordance with a bylaw of the college made under section 19 (1) (k.1) and who is certified by the college in accordance with a bylaw of the college made under section 19 (1) (l.2);"college" means, in relation to a designated health profession, its college established under section 15 (1);"college website" means a website established and maintained by or on behalf of a college under section 18 (3);"designated health profession" means a health profession designated for the purposes of this Act under section 12 (1);"discipline committee" means the discipline committee for a college as established by a bylaw under section 19 (1) (t);"health profession" means a profession in which a person exercises skill or judgment or provides a service related to(a)	the preservation or improvement of the health of individuals, or(b)
it is not necessary that an investigation is being conducted under section 33 or that a hearing of the discipline committee is pending concerning the registrant.Not enacted25.7 [Not enacted.]Part 2.2 — PharmacistsDefinitions for Part25.8 In this Part:"college" means the college continued under section 15.1 (4);"device" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"dispense" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"drug" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"hospital" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"interchangeable drug" means a drug that contains the same amount of the same active ingredients, possesses comparable pharmacokinetic properties, has the same clinically significant formulation characteristics and is to be administered in the same way as the drug referred to in a prescription;"personal health information" means recorded information about an identifiable individual that is related to the individual's health or the provision of health services to the individual;"pharmacist" means a person who is currently registered under section 20 as a member of the college;"pharmacy" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"practice of pharmacy" means the services or restricted activities described in section 12 (2) (c) to (g.2) that may be provided or performed by a pharmacist;"practitioner" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"prescription" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"sale" or "sell" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"support person" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act;"therapeutic interchange program" has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act.Objects of the college25.9 In addition to the objects set out in section 16 (2), the college has the following objects:(a)	subject to the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), to establish the terms and conditions of sale for drugs and devices;(b)	to ensure that the public is protected from the unauthorized or inappropriate sale of drugs and devices;(c)