This page contains resources specific to the review board process. Click on a heading below to access the resources.
These Information Sheets provide detail about specific steps in the review process. Additional topics may be added from time to time. They are designed to assist you with the review process. They are not a substitute for the Health Professions and Occupations Act or its Regulations, the Administrative Tribunals Act, or the review board’s Rules of Practice and Procedure
- How to Request a Review
- Notice – withholding information in the Record from a party
- Pre-Hearing Conferences
- Responsibility to Communicate with the Review Board
- Submissions – Investigation Committee
- Submissions -Licensing Committee Decision
- Model Submissions – Investigation Committee
- Model Submissions – Licensing Committee Decision
The Administrative Tribunals Act (section 12) requires that the Review Board issue Practice Directives respecting the usual time period for completing an application and for completing the procedural steps within an application, and the usual time period within which the Review Board’s final order, decision and reasons are to be released after the hearing of the application is complete.
The Administrative Tribunals Act (section 13) permits the Review Board to issue other Practice Directives consistent with the Health Professions and Occupations Act and the Review Board’s Rules.
Below are links to the Review Board Practice Directives.
- Practice Directive 1: Usual times for processing reviews and decisions
- Practice Directive 2: Duty of a College to produce the Record
- Practice Directive 3: Section 42 applications under the ATA – Inquiry Committee Disposition Reviews
- Practice Directive 4: Section 42 applications under the ATA – Registration Decision Reviews
- Practice Directive 6: Applications for Review and stay Applications from college registration decisions concerning provisional registrants
- Practice Directive 8: Hearing Process Stage 1 and 2 – Inquiry Committee and Registration Committee
- Practice Directive 9: Use of Artificial Intelligence
- Practice Directive 11: Participant code of conduct
- Form 1 – Request for Review: Licensing Decision
- Form 3 – Request for Review: Investigation Committee Disposition
- Form 4 – Representative Authorization
- Form 7 – Change of Address Notification
- Form 9 – Notice of Withdrawal
- Form 10 – Request to Admit Additional Information: Licensing Decision Review
- Form 11 – Request to Admit Additional Information: Investigation Committee Disposition Review
- Form 13 – Extend the Time to File an Application
The Administrative Tribunals Act (section 11) allows the Review Board to establish Rules respecting practices and procedures to facilitate the transparent, just, consistent and timely resolution of matters before it. Any question of procedure that arises during a hearing and is not provided for in these Rules will be decided by the Panel Chair.
The Rules may be amended from time to time as required by the Review Board. See Historical Rule Amendments.
The Administrative Tribunals Act s. 51 requires the Review Board to make its final decisions in writing, with reasons; and s. 321 requires the Review Board to publish its decisions. To protect the privacy of applicants and complainants, the Review Board anonymizes its decisions. Click below to see the Board’s Publication Policy.