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Doctors
Provincial Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons
For physicians facing a College complaint, investigation or discipline committee referral — and building the ethics record a College weighs in mitigation.
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Provincial regulator guidance, by profession and province
Practical, plain-language guides for Canadian healthcare professionals facing a College complaint, investigation or discipline process. Choose your profession, then your province, for guidance mapped to the regulator that actually governs you.
9Professions
5Provinces
123Planned guides
In Canada there is no single national healthcare regulator. Each profession is regulated province by province, and the College’s name, powers, process and terminology change as you cross a provincial border. A physician in Ontario answers to the CPSO and its Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee; one in Saskatchewan answers to the CPSS under a different statute, with a different process and different deadlines.
Regulators also merge. British Columbia has cut its health colleges from fifteen to six: BC psychologists, physiotherapists, optometrists and opticians are now all regulated by the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC, and BC chiropractors by the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC. These guides name the regulator that governs you today.
Explore by profession and province
Select your profession, then open a province to see the planned guides on complaints, investigations and remediation.
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Nurses & Midwives
Provincial Nursing & Midwifery Regulators
For registered nurses, RPNs, nurse practitioners and midwives responding to a College complaint, practice review or fitness-to-practise concern.
OntarioCNO
British ColumbiaBCCNM
AlbertaCRNA
ManitobaCRNM
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Dentists
Provincial Dental Regulatory Authorities
For dentists facing a complaint, an Inquiry or Complaints Committee review, or a discipline hearing before their provincial regulator.
OntarioRCDSO
British ColumbiaBCCOHP
AlbertaCDSA
ManitobaMDA
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Pharmacists
Provincial Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
For pharmacists and pharmacy technicians dealing with a College complaint, practice review, dispensing-error investigation or discipline referral.
OntarioOCP
British ColumbiaCPBC
AlbertaACP
ManitobaCPhM
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Psychologists
Provincial Psychology Regulators
For psychologists and psychological associates responding to complaints about boundaries, confidentiality, assessment practice or professional conduct.
OntarioCPBAO
British ColumbiaCHCPBC
AlbertaCAP
ManitobaPAM
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Physiotherapists
Provincial Physiotherapy Colleges
For physiotherapists and physical therapists facing a College complaint, a practice or competence review, or a discipline hearing.
OntarioCPO
British ColumbiaCHCPBC
AlbertaPhysiotherapy Alberta
ManitobaCPM
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Chiropractors
Provincial Chiropractic Regulators
For chiropractors dealing with a complaint about advertising claims, consent, boundaries or scope of practice before their provincial regulator.
OntarioCCO
British ColumbiaCCHPBC
AlbertaCCOA
ManitobaMCA
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Optometrists & Opticians
Provincial Optometry & Optician Colleges
For optometrists and opticians facing a College complaint, a records or dispensing review, or a professional conduct investigation.
OntarioCOO
British ColumbiaCHCPBC
AlbertaACO
ManitobaMAO
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Osteopaths
Osteopathic Professional Associations
For manual osteopathic practitioners responding to a complaint or standards concern raised by their professional association.
Not a statutory profession. Manual osteopathy is not currently regulated by a provincial College anywhere in Canada. Practitioners are governed by professional associations — such as OSTCAN and provincial bodies — which set standards of practice and codes of ethics but do not hold statutory disciplinary powers. Guides below are written for that reality rather than a College process.
This page is general information for education purposes and is not legal advice. Healthcare Ethics Courses is an independent education provider and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any provincial regulatory College or professional association; their names are used for reference only.
Registration rules, complaints procedures and CPD requirements differ by province and by profession, and they change over time — always confirm the current position with your own College. If you have received a complaint or notice of investigation, these guides explain the process but are not a substitute for advice from legal counsel and your professional liability protection provider (such as the CMPA).