Professional Regulation and Discipline in the Health Sector

THE OSGOODE CERTIFICATE IN PROFESSIONAL REGULATION & DISCIPLINE IN THE ONTARIO HEALTH CARE SECTOR

The professional regulation and discipline of health care professionals is a complex area which continually challenges its constituents to be fully informed of the entire process – from start to finish. Whether you are a lawyer working in the health care sector and specializing in professional discipline or a professional working at one of the health regulatory colleges or health professionals’ unions, it is crucial that you have the skills, knowledge and insight needed in this highly specialized field.

Now in its second year, and led by program directors Lonny Rosen and Bernard LeBlanc, this unique certificate program will explore the issues providing perspectives from all parties involved in the process.  Across five intensive one-day modules, spread over the course of 5 weeks, you will hear from OsgoodePD’s multi-disciplinary faculty regarding a variety of topics including the professional regulatory framework, complaints & investigations, pre-hearing procedures, fitness to practice proceedings, the discipline hearing, the penalty hearing and appeals.

This program was specifically created to provide those working in the field with a comprehensive overview of the professional regulation and discipline of health care professionals. An expert and diverse faculty consisting of prosecutors, defence counsel, judges, regulators, College registrars and health care professionals will guide you through the maze and enable you to have a full appreciation of the core issues in this field.

Webcast attendance is available. For information on group rates and/or financial assistance (or for any other matters), please contact Stéphane McRoberts (program lawyer) at (416) 619-4351 or by e-mail at smcroberts@osgoode.yorku.ca

In order to receive the Osgoode Certificate, registrants must attend all program days and successfully complete the take-home examination (distributed at the end of the program).This is a fully accredited CPD program. Completion of the program will fulfill your annual CPD requirements with the Law Society of Upper Canada.For more information and to register, click here.

Faculty for this program includes:

• Anita Ashton, Director, Professional Conduct College of Physiotherapists of Ontario

• Dean Benard, Benard + Associates

• Nina Bombier, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP

• Carolyn Brandow, Lerners LLP

• Lisa Brownstone, Co-Director, Legal Office College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

• Gerald Chan, Ruby Shiller Chan Hasan Barristers

• Aaron Dantowitz, Stockwoods LLP

• Cristina De Caprio, Registrar & CEO, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario

• Rebecca Durcan, Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc

• Bonni Ellis, Lerners LLP

• Irwin Fefergrad, Registrar, Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

• Michael B. Fraleigh, Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

• Dr. Marc Gabel, President, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

• Barry Gang, Director, Investigations & Hearings, College of Psychologists of Ontario

• Dr. Rocco Gerace, Registrar, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

• Michelle Gibbs, Gibbs & Associates

• Brian Gover, Stockwoods LLP

• Christopher Hubbard, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

• Jennifer L. Hunter, Lerners LLP

• Farah Ismail, Manager, Prosecutions & Monitoring, College of Nurses of Ontario

• David Jacobs, Watson Jacobs McCreary LLP

• Morgana Kellythorne, Counsel, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

• Brenda Kritzer, Registrar, College of Kinesiologists of Ontario

• Lad Kucis, Gardiner Roberts LLP

• Bernard C. LeBlanc, C.S., Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc

• Jaan Lilles, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP

• Julie Maciura, Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc

• Karen Redgers, BSc, RMT, Horeshoe Hill Massage Therapy

• Anne Resnick, Deputy Registrar, Ontario College of Pharmacists

• Luisa Ritacca, Stockwoods LLP

• Lonny J. Rosen, C.S., Rosen Sunshine LLP

• The Hon. Justice Harriet Sachs, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)

• Dayna Simon, Counsel, Regulatory Affairs, Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

• Marc H. Spector, C.S., Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc

• Richard Steinecke, Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc

• Jenny Stephenson, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

• Elyse Sunshine, Rosen Sunshine LLP

• Dr. Peter Trainor, President, Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

• Lydia Wakulowsky, C.S., Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

• Pauline Walters, Director, Professional Conduct College of Massage Therapists of Ontario

• Christopher A. Wayland, McCarthy Tétrault LLP

• Hanno Weinberger, Council Member, College of Denturists of Ontario

• Vicki White, Co-Director, Legal Department College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

• Melisse Willems, Director, Professional Conduct College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario

• Valerie Wise, Wise Health Law