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Third Session, Thirty-Eighth Legislature

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Bill 204

THE AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS ACT


Section Table of Contents
PART 1
DEFINITIONS
1 Definitions
PART 2
PRACTICE OF AUDIOLOGY AND
2(1) Practice of audiology
(2) Practice of speech-language pathology
3(1) Representation as an audiologist
(2) Representation as a speech-language pathologist
(3) Use of titles
(4) Registration to practice
PART 3
COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGISTS AND
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS
OF MANITOBA
4(1) Association continued as college
(2) Duty to serve the public interest
(3) Powers
(4) Membership
(5) Meetings
(6) Notice of meetings
5(1) Council
(2) Council to manage affairs
6(1) Composition of council
(2) Public representatives
(3) Officers
(4) Remuneration
(5) Registrar and staff
(6) Committees
PART 4
REGISTRATION
REGISTERS
7(1) Registers
(2)
(3) Access to information
APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION
8 Board of assessors
9(1)
(2) Registration through assessment etc.
(3) Conditions
(4) Entry in the register
(5) Certificate of registration
10 Application for registration not approved
APPEAL
11(1) Appeal to council
(2) Notice
(3) Hearing
(4) Right to appear
(5) Participation by member of board of assessors
(6) Decision by council
(7) Notice of decision of appeal
12(1) Appeal to court
(2) Powers of court on appeal
REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS
13(1) Registration of students
(2) Appeal from refusal to register
ANNUAL CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION
14 Certificate of registration
CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION
15(1) Registration may be cancelled if fraud
(2) Registration may be cancelled if conviction
(3) Appeal
PART 5
CONTINUING COMPETENCE
16 Continuing competence program
PART 6
COMPLAINTS
17 Definitions
COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE
18(1) Complaints committee
(2) Public representatives
19(1) Complaints against members
(2) Complaints against former members
20(1) Referral to complaints committee
(2) Notice of referral
21(1) Informal resolution
(2) Investigation
(3) Records and information
(4) Failure to produce records
(5) Investigation of other matters
(6) Report to complaints committee
DECISION OF COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE
22(1) Decision of complaints committee
(2) Matter not resolved by mediation
(3) Decision served on member and complainant
(4) Hearing not required
23(1) Conditions on right to practise
(2) Costs
CENSURE
24(1) Personal appearance
(2) Publication of censure
(3) Order for costs
VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF REGISTRATION
25(1) Voluntary surrender of registration
(2) Order for costs
26 Conditions on re-instatement
APPEAL BY COMPLAINANT
27(1) Appeal by complainant to council
(2) Notice
(3) Power on appeal
(4) Notice of decision
(5) Hearing not required
SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION PENDING
28(1) Suspension of registration pending decision
(2) Notice of suspension or conditions
29 Application for stay
MISCELLANEOUS
30 Referral to inquiry committee
31 Disclosure of information to authorities
INQUIRY COMMITTEE
32(1) Inquiry committee
(2) Public representatives
33(1) Selection of panel
(2) Composition
(3) Exclusion from panel
(4) Effect of member being unable to continue
HEARING
34(1) Hearing
(2) Date of hearing
(3) Notice of hearing
(4) Public notice of hearing
35(1) Right to appear and be represented
(2) Adjournments
(3) Recording of evidence
36(1) Member may examine documentary evidence
(2) Member to provide documentary evidence
(3) Evidence of expert without report
(4) Failure to provide summary
37 Investigation of other matters
38(1) Hearing open to public
(2) Request for a private hearing
(3) When private hearing may be held
(4) Reasons for excluding the public to be available
39(1) Evidence
(2) Power to administer oaths and affirmations
40(1) Witnesses
(2) Notice to attend and produce records
(3) Registrar to provide notices
(4) Witness fees
(5) Failure to attend or give evidence
41 Hearing in absence of investigated member
DECISION OF PANEL
42 Findings of panel
43(1) Orders of panel
(2) Panel may consider censure
(3) Ancillary orders
(4) Costs when conditions imposed
(5) Contravention of order
44(1) Costs and fines
(2) Nature of costs
(3) Failure to pay costs and fines by time ordered
(4) Filing of order
45(1) Written decision
(2) Decision forwarded to registrar
(3) Service of decision
(4) Copies of transcript
46 Publication of decision
APPEAL TO COURT
47(1) Appeal to Court of Appeal
(2) Commencement of appeal
(3) Appeal on the record
48 Powers of Court on appeal
49 Stay pending appeal
50 Reinstatement
PART 7
REGULATIONS, BY-LAWS
AND CODE OF ETHICS
51(1) Regulations
(2) Approval of regulations
52(1) By-laws
(2) Amendments and repeal of by-laws
53 Code of ethics
PART 8
GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRACTICE AUDITORS
54(1) Appointment of practice auditors
(2) practice
55(1) Entry of premises and inspection of records
(2) Admissibility of copies
(3) Entry with order
(4) Obstruction of practice auditor
SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
56(1) Service of documents
(2) Deemed receipt
REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE
57 Registrar's certificate
PROOF OF CONVICTION
58 Proof of conviction
OFFENCES
59(1) Offence
(2) Offence — confidentiality of information
(3)
(4) Offence by employer
(5) Limitation on prosecution
(6) Prosecution of offence
(7) Stay of proceedings
60 Single act of unauthorized practice
PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY
61 Protection from liability
62 Limitation period for members
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
63 Confidentiality of information
INJUNCTION
64 Injunction
DUTY OF MEMBERS TO REPORT
65(1) Duty of members to report
(2) Exemption from liability for disclosure
EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY
66(1) Employer's responsibility to ensure registration
(2) Responsibility to report misconduct
ANNUAL REPORT
67(1) Annual report
(2) Contents of report
PART 9
TRANSITIONAL, REPEAL C.C.S.M. REFERENCE
68(1) Definition: "former Act"
(2) Registration continued
(3) Application for registration continued
(4) Council continued
(5) Complaints under former Act: inquiry commenced
(6)
69 Repeal
70 C.C.S.M. reference
71 Coming into force