Acts & Ministry of Health Flashcards
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The Health Professions Act, RS.B.C. 1996, c. 183 (the “HPA”) is based on what concepts?
Professionalism and Self‐regulation
What is fundamental to a Professional Practice?
Proper Communication with Patients and Colleagues. For example, Informed Consent is not possible without Communication.
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does AGA refer to?
Adult Guardianship Act (AGA)
• Protects adults (19+) who are incapable of managing their personal or financial affairs due to illness, injury, disability, or condition, making them vulnerable to abuse, neglect, or self-neglect.
• Presumes adults are capable unless proven otherwise, and mandates the least restrictive and intrusive support.
• Provides mechanisms for intervention, statutory property guardianship, and protection from abuse or neglect
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does CCALA refer to?
Community Care and Assisted Living Act (CCALA)
• Regulates the licensing, operation, and inspection of community care facilities and assisted living residences.
• Sets standards for care, safety, and staffing in facilities providing care to children, vulnerable adults, and seniors.
• Establishes registration requirements, oversight, and complaint mechanisms for both licensed and unlicensed premises
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does CFCSA refer to?
Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA)
• Main goal is the protection of children from abuse, neglect, and abandonment.
• Sets out principles for the best interests of the child, delivery of services, voluntary support agreements, and intervention powers for child protection authorities.
• Details procedures for removal, supervision, and guardianship of children at risk
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does FOIPPA refer to?
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA)
• Governs access to records and protection of personal information held by public sector bodies.
• Grants individuals rights to access their own information and public records, with certain exceptions (e.g., law enforcement, privacy, legal advice).
• Sets rules for collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by public bodies, and requires privacy management programs
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does HCCCFAA refer to?
Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act (HCCCFAA)
• Establishes the requirement for informed consent to health care and admission to care facilities for adults.
• Presumes adults are capable of making health care and admission decisions unless proven otherwise.
• Provides for substitute decision-making when an adult is incapable, and outlines processes for reviews and appeals
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does HPAGA refer to?
Health Professions Act (HPA)
• Framework for the regulation and governance of health professions through self-regulating colleges.
• Sets standards for registration, practice, discipline, and restricted activities for regulated health professionals.
• Ensures accountability, competence, and public protection in the delivery of health care services
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does HRC refer to?
Human Rights Code (HRC)
• Prohibits discrimination and harassment based on protected personal characteristics (e.g., race, gender, disability, sexual orientation) in employment, housing, services, and other public areas.
• Aims to ensure equal participation in BC’s economic, social, political, and cultural life.
• Establishes the BC Human Rights Tribunal for complaint resolution and remedies
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act doesLMA refer to?
Labour Mobility Act (LMA)
• Facilitates the recognition of occupational certifications from other Canadian provinces and territories.
• Ensures workers certified elsewhere in Canada can practice their equivalent occupation in BC, supporting labour mobility under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does MHSR refer to?
Medical and Health Care Services Regulation (MHSR)
• Details eligibility, coverage, and administration of health care services for residents of BC.
• Sets out rules for premiums, benefits, claims, approved practitioners, diagnostic facilities, and audit/inspection processes under the Medicare Protection Act
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does MPA refer to?
Medicare Protection Act (MPA)
• Preserves a publicly managed, fiscally sustainable health care system in BC.
• Defines eligibility, benefits, and payment for medically required services, and incorporates principles from the Canada Health Act (public administration, universality, comprehensiveness, portability, accessibility).
• Regulates medical practitioners, health facilities, and claims processes
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does OA refer to?
Ombudsperson Act (OA)
• Establishes the office of the Ombudsperson to investigate complaints of unfair treatment by public authorities.
• Provides powers to investigate, report, and recommend remedies for administrative unfairness in public sector organizations
Acts outline the Laws that practitioners are most likely to deal within their practice. What Act does PIPA refer to?
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
• Regulates how private sector organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information in BC.
• Balances privacy rights with organizational needs, requiring consent, security, and transparency.
• Grants individuals rights to access and correct their personal information held by organizations
What changes were made in the November 2024 updates to the Jurisprudence Book?
- Reformatted the document, updated the College logo and Bylaws References
- Updated the Names of Regulatory Colleges and relevant Government Bodies
- Clarified Terminology in the Practice Standards document, specifying “Traditional Chinese Medicine Professionals and Acupuncturists”
- Removed Outdated Information related to Regulatory Modernization
- Updated the CCHPBC registration process to reflect the issuance of a Confirmation of Registration Letter Instead of a Certificate of Registration
- Made minor editorial updates for consistency and accuracy
What government organization outlines the regulatory model for Acupuncturistsin British Columbia, Canada?
Ministry of Health of BC
Which organization handles complaints from the Public about health professionals?
• The Ministry of Health cannot investigate specific complaints about health professionals, as colleges are independent organizations that have been given legal authority to do so.
• Colleges are required to review all complaints about the health professionals they regulate, including both current and former registrants. Colleges may conduct an investigation into a complaint, and in serious matters may refer the complaint for disciplinary action.
A health regulator’s (college’s) has the legal obligation is to protect the public through the regulation of their registrants. How do they do this?
A health regulator’s (college’s) legal obligation is to protect the public through the regulation of their registrants. They do this by:
• determining registration requirements
• setting standards of practice
• recognizing education programs
• maintaining a register that everyone can search, and
• addressing complaints about their registrants
What is the BC regulatory model and which Act regulates it?
British Columbia has a shared scope of practice and restricted activities model for regulated health professions under the Health Professions Act (HPA). This regulatory model was designed to enable inter-professional practice and team-based care, and to balance public safety and consumer choice.
The regulatory model is characterized by 2 essential elements: Scope of Practice Statements and Restricted Activities, which are specified in health profession regulations under the HPA.
The BC regulatory model Scope of Practice Statements portion include what?
Scope of Practice Statements set out broadly what each regulated health profession may do. These statements are not exhaustive lists of every service the profession may provide, nor do they exclude other regulated professions or unregulated persons from providing services that fall within a particular profession’s scope of practice. Some aspects of the scope of practice of a regulated health profession may overlap or be shared with those of other regulated health professions.
The BC regulatory model Restricted Activitiess portion include what?
Restricted Activities are a narrowly defined list of invasive, higher risk activities that must not be performed by any person in the course of providing health services, except:
o registrants of a health profession regulatory college who have been granted specific authority to do so in their profession-specific regulation under the HPA, based on their education and competence; and
o non-registrants (including unregulated health occupations) who have been authorized to perform the restricted activity by a regulated health professional who has the authority to perform and also delegate or issue an order or authorization to another person to perform the restricted activity.
How much notice is required to change College bylaws and which Act regulates this?
Under the Health Professions Act, amendments to most regulations and college bylaws are subject to a three-month notice period, unless the Minister specifies a shorter period. The Ministry is responsible for giving notice of proposed amendments to regulations. Each college is responsible for giving notice of proposed amendments to its bylaws, including posting them on the college website, and all bylaw amendments must be filed with the Minister to be effective. Filed bylaws come into force 60 days after the date of filing, unless the Minister either disallows the change or specifies an earlier date, or the college withdraws the change.
