B.C. tables new legislation promising ‘stronger oversight’ of health professionals
B.C’s health minister introduced a new piece of legislation Wednesday , which if passed will amalgamate the regulatory colleges overseeing health professionals and create a more centralized oversight and discipline body.
The Health Professions and Occupations Act would replace its predecessor, the Health Professions Act, and result in the creation of a new oversight body and independent discipline tribunal, which would regulate workers from doctors to massage therapists to psychologists. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the act would “provide stronger oversight” and “more consistent discipline,” in a news release.
It would also continue the process of amalgamating the province’s regulatory colleges. Currently, there are 15 regulatory colleges for 25 health professions. This has already been reduced in the last couple years. In October 2020, B.C.’s three nursing colleges were combined into one. The following year, the nursing college was amalgamated with the College of Midwives, and the College of Physician and Surgeons was amalgamated with the College of Podiatrists.
Under the new act, regulatory colleges would also be responsible for funding counselling for victims of sexual abuse and misconduct. Victims would further be able to recover costs from registrants who harm them.
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