Acts and Regulations

M-11.5 - Midwifery Act

Section 70
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Action by Discipline Committee
70(1)On the completion of a hearing, the Discipline Committee may
(a) dismiss the matter, or
(b) find that the member has committed an act of professional misconduct, is incompetent or is incapacitated or any combination of them.
70(2)If the Discipline Committee finds that the member has committed an act of professional misconduct, the committee may, by order, do one or more of the following:
(a) reprimand the member;
(b) direct the Registrar to impose specified restrictions on the member’s registration for a specified or indefinite period of time or until specified criteria are satisfied, or both;
(c) direct the Registrar to suspend the member’s registration for a specified period of time or until specified criteria are satisfied, or both;
(d) direct the Registrar to revoke the member’s registration; or
(e) make such other order as the committee considers appropriate.
70(3)If the Discipline Committee finds that a member is incompetent or incapacitated, the committee may, by order, do one or more of the following:
(a) direct the Registrar to impose specified restrictions on the member’s registration for a specified or indefinite period of time or until specified criteria are satisfied, or both;
(b) direct the Registrar to suspend the member’s registration until specified criteria are satisfied;
(c) direct the Registrar to revoke the member’s registration; or
(d) make such other order as the committee considers appropriate.
70(4)Where the Discipline Committee makes an order under subsection (2) or (3), the committee may, by order, do one or both of the following:
(a) direct the Registrar to give public notice of any order by the committee that the Registrar is not otherwise required to give under this Act; or
(b) direct the Registrar to enter the result of the proceeding before the committee in the records of the Council and to make the result available to the public.
70(5)When the Discipline Committee makes an order under paragraph (2)(d) or (3)(c), the committee may specify a period of time before which the person whose registration is revoked may not apply for registration.
70(6)Where the Discipline Committee finds that a member has committed an act of professional misconduct or is incompetent or incapacitated, the parties to the hearing and the complainant or the complainant’s counsel may, before the penalty is determined, make submissions to the committee as to the penalty and the parties may, subject to the discretion of the committee, call further evidence in respect of the penalty.
Action by Discipline Committee
70(1)On the completion of a hearing, the Discipline Committee may
(a) dismiss the matter, or
(b) find that the member has committed an act of professional misconduct, is incompetent or is incapacitated or any combination of them.
70(2)If the Discipline Committee finds that the member has committed an act of professional misconduct, the committee may, by order, do one or more of the following:
(a) reprimand the member;
(b) direct the Registrar to impose specified restrictions on the member’s registration for a specified or indefinite period of time or until specified criteria are satisfied, or both;
(c) direct the Registrar to suspend the member’s registration for a specified period of time or until specified criteria are satisfied, or both;
(d) direct the Registrar to revoke the member’s registration; or
(e) make such other order as the committee considers appropriate.
70(3)If the Discipline Committee finds that a member is incompetent or incapacitated, the committee may, by order, do one or more of the following:
(a) direct the Registrar to impose specified restrictions on the member’s registration for a specified or indefinite period of time or until specified criteria are satisfied, or both;
(b) direct the Registrar to suspend the member’s registration until specified criteria are satisfied;
(c) direct the Registrar to revoke the member’s registration; or
(d) make such other order as the committee considers appropriate.
70(4)Where the Discipline Committee makes an order under subsection (2) or (3), the committee may, by order, do one or both of the following:
(a) direct the Registrar to give public notice of any order by the committee that the Registrar is not otherwise required to give under this Act; or
(b) direct the Registrar to enter the result of the proceeding before the committee in the records of the Council and to make the result available to the public.
70(5)When the Discipline Committee makes an order under paragraph (2)(d) or (3)(c), the committee may specify a period of time before which the person whose registration is revoked may not apply for registration.
70(6)Where the Discipline Committee finds that a member has committed an act of professional misconduct or is incompetent or incapacitated, the parties to the hearing and the complainant or the complainant’s counsel may, before the penalty is determined, make submissions to the committee as to the penalty and the parties may, subject to the discretion of the committee, call further evidence in respect of the penalty.