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process, and since <strong>1 April 2026<\/strong> it runs under new legislation. The structural change that should shape how you act is this: the college still investigates, but it <strong>no longer holds the hearing<\/strong>. If your matter escalates, it goes to an independent tribunal outside the college &mdash; so the investigation is where you have the most influence, and where it is most often resolved.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><strong>Cooperate fully, but never alone.<\/strong> BCCOHP expects a written response and expects you to engage. Under the HPOA that duty is statutory, and failing to cooperate is chargeable in itself. Instruct a regulatory lawyer and notify your liability insurer before you respond &mdash; cooperating and being represented are not in tension.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <h2>Who investigates you, and under what law<\/h2>\r\n  <p>Investigations are conducted by BCCOHP under the <strong><em>Health Professions and Occupations Act<\/em><\/strong>, which came into force on <strong>1 April 2026<\/strong> and repealed the old <em>Health Professions Act<\/em>. The body that oversees the investigation and decides its outcome is the <strong>Investigation Committee<\/strong> &mdash; the renamed Inquiry Committee.<\/p>\r\n  <p>The college is explicit that its authority is <strong>limited to what the legislation gives it<\/strong>. That cuts both ways: the powers are real, but they are bounded, and a good lawyer will hold the college to them. BCCOHP reviews every concern it receives and, as a general rule, <strong>investigates every complaint through to completion<\/strong> &mdash; a complaint is not usually something a patient can simply withdraw once the process has started.<\/p>\r\n  <h2>What triggers an investigation<\/h2>\r\n  <p>The obvious route is a written complaint from a patient. But it is not the only one. Under the HPOA, <strong>any person<\/strong> may complain, licensees carry a <strong>positive duty to report their peers<\/strong> where the public is endangered or sexual misconduct is alleged, and BCCOHP can open a matter <strong>internally<\/strong> &mdash; for example on the back of quality assurance findings, with no complaint from anyone.<\/p>\r\n  <p>The HPOA also gives the college <strong>new pre-investigative powers to deal with frivolous, vexatious or trivial complaints promptly<\/strong>, which is a genuine improvement for licensees on the receiving end of a complaint that should never have progressed.<\/p>\r\n  <h2>What the investigation involves<\/h2>\r\n  <p>Expect the college to obtain the <strong>patient chart, radiographs, treatment plans, consent documentation and billing records<\/strong>, and to seek your <strong>written response<\/strong> to the specific concerns. It may obtain expert opinion on standard of care. In the published BC dental cases, the recurring themes are strikingly consistent: <strong>inadequate recordkeeping<\/strong>, <strong>informed consent<\/strong>, treatment planning, prescribing, and infection prevention and control.<\/p>\r\n  <p>This is why the <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/documentation-for-healthcare-professionals\/\">contemporaneous record<\/a> is decisive. What you wrote at the time carries weight nothing written afterwards can match &mdash; and amending a chart after a complaint converts a defensible clinical matter into an <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/probity-and-honesty-for-healthcare-professionals\/\">honesty<\/a> matter, which is far harder to survive.<\/p>\r\n  <h2>Your duty to cooperate &mdash; and what it costs to ignore it<\/h2>\r\n  <p>Under the HPOA, prompt and substantive responses, participation in the investigation, and compliance with registrar orders are <strong>express statutory duties<\/strong>, and some continue to bind you even after resignation or non-renewal.<\/p>\r\n  <p>BCCOHP has cited dentists where <strong>failure to cooperate with the investigation was charged as an allegation in its own right<\/strong> &mdash; and, in at least one published matter, a long-standing recordkeeping problem combined with a failure to respond substantively to the regulator ended in the dentist resigning irrevocably and undertaking never to reapply. The underlying clinical issue was survivable. The failure to engage with it was not.<\/p>\r\n  <h2>How the Investigation Committee can resolve it<\/h2>\r\n  <p>Once the investigation report is in, the Investigation Committee assesses <strong>risk to the public<\/strong> and chooses an outcome: <strong>no further action<\/strong>; <strong>practice advice<\/strong>; a <strong>consensual agreement to take courses<\/strong>; <strong>directed education<\/strong> such as a case review or a mentorship with another oral health professional; or, for serious matters, a referral for a <strong>disciplinary hearing<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n  <p>You can also take the initiative. A licensee under investigation may <strong>propose a resolution<\/strong> &mdash; admitting certain facts and proposing the orders that should follow &mdash; which the committee may accept or reject. Real BCCOHP orders resolved this way have combined <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/remediation-for-fitness-to-practise\/\">directed courses<\/a>, a mentored full-day case review, a fine, and partial investigation costs. But proposing a resolution is a strategic decision with lasting consequences and should never be made without a lawyer having reviewed the whole file.<\/p>\r\n  <h2>If it goes to a hearing &mdash; and what can happen meanwhile<\/h2>\r\n  <p>This is the biggest structural change. Serious matters are no longer heard by the college. They go to the independent <strong>Health Professions Discipline Tribunal<\/strong>, operated by the Superintendent&rsquo;s Office, with panels made up of a vice chair, a professional member and a public member. The tribunal also <strong>hears appeals<\/strong>. Hearings that had already begun before 1 April 2026 continue before the old BCCOHP Discipline Committee.<\/p>\r\n  <p>Separately, and at any stage, the college can impose a <strong>summary protection order<\/strong> &mdash; interim limits, conditions or a suspension on your practice to protect the public <strong>before any hearing has taken place<\/strong>. These are published. If you receive one, get legal advice the same day.<\/p>\r\n  <h2>What you can do while it runs<\/h2>\r\n  <p>You cannot control the pace of the investigation. You can control what you bring to its conclusion. Because the Investigation Committee&rsquo;s own menu of outcomes is built around <strong>education, mentorship and consensual agreement<\/strong>, a dentist who arrives already able to evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/reflection-for-fitness-to-practise\/\">reflection<\/a> and completed <a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/remediation-for-fitness-to-practise\/\">remediation<\/a> is a dentist the committee has an obvious route to resolve with.<\/p>\r\n  <p>Assembled while the file is open, that record can genuinely shape which outcome is chosen &mdash; including whether the matter stays confidential or becomes a published order. Produced after the fact, it reads as damage control.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"kt\">\r\n    <h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\r\n    <ul>\r\n      <li>BCCOHP investigates under the HPOA, in force since 1 April 2026; the Investigation Committee decides the outcome.<\/li>\r\n      <li>Complaints can come from any person, from a peer under the duty to report, or be triggered internally with no complaint at all.<\/li>\r\n      <li>Expect the chart, radiographs, consent records and billing to be obtained &mdash; recordkeeping and consent dominate published BC dental cases.<\/li>\r\n      <li>The duty to cooperate is statutory and survives resignation; failing to engage has been charged as an allegation in its own right.<\/li>\r\n      <li>Outcomes range from no further action and practice advice to consensual courses, mentored case review, or referral for a hearing.<\/li>\r\n      <li>Serious matters are now heard by the independent Health Professions Discipline Tribunal, not the college; summary protection orders can restrict you meanwhile.<\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"courses\">\r\n    <h2>Related courses<\/h2>\r\n    <div class=\"cgrid\">\r\n      <a class=\"ccard\" href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/dealing-with-a-complaint-or-investigation-professionally\/\"><b>Dealing with a Complaint or Investigation Professionally<\/b><span>How to conduct yourself through a formal BCCOHP investigation.<\/span><\/a>\r\n      <a class=\"ccard\" href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/documentation-for-healthcare-professionals\/\"><b>Documentation for Healthcare Professionals<\/b><span>The chart is the evidence &mdash; and recordkeeping is the most cited BC dental failing.<\/span><\/a>\r\n      <a class=\"ccard\" href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/probity-and-honesty-for-healthcare-professionals\/\"><b>Probity and Honesty for Healthcare Professionals<\/b><span>Cooperation and candour under scrutiny, where BC dental cases are won or lost.<\/span><\/a>\r\n      <a class=\"ccard\" href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/courses\/fitness-to-practise-for-healthcare-professionals\/\"><b>Fitness to Practise for Healthcare Professionals<\/b><span>Understand how fitness to practise concerns are assessed and evidenced.<\/span><\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"nextset\">\r\n    <h2>Continue reading<\/h2>\r\n    <ul>\r\n      <li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/how-to-respond-to-a-bccohp-complaint\">How to respond to a BCCOHP complaint<\/a><\/li>\r\n      <li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthcareethicscourses.com\/can\/remediation-and-reflection-for-british-columbia-dentists\">Remediation and reflection for British Columbia dentists<\/a><\/li>\r\n    <\/ul>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"faq\">\r\n    <h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\r\n    <details><summary>How long does a BCCOHP investigation take?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">There is no single published deadline. BCCOHP says concerns are dealt with as quickly as possible taking account of the complexity of the case, and that it generally investigates every complaint to completion. Complex matters involving expert opinion can run many months.<\/div><\/details>\r\n    <details><summary>Do I have to respond to the investigation?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. Under the HPOA, prompt and substantive responses and participation in investigations are statutory duties, and some survive even resignation. BCCOHP has charged dentists with failing to cooperate as an allegation in its own right.<\/div><\/details>\r\n    <details><summary>Can the patient withdraw the complaint?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Generally not once an investigation has started. BCCOHP treats complaints as matters of public importance and, as a rule, investigates each one to completion regardless of any agreement reached between the patient and the dentist.<\/div><\/details>\r\n    <details><summary>Can I propose my own resolution?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. A licensee under investigation may propose a resolution, admitting certain facts and proposing the orders that should follow, which the Investigation Committee may accept or reject. It is a strategic decision that should only be made with legal advice on the whole file.<\/div><\/details>\r\n    <details><summary>Who hears the case if it goes to a disciplinary hearing?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Since 1 April 2026, serious matters are heard by the independent Health Professions Discipline Tribunal operated by the Superintendent's Office, not by the college. Panels comprise a vice chair, a professional member and a public member, and the tribunal also hears appeals.<\/div><\/details>\r\n    <details><summary>Can BCCOHP restrict my practice before a hearing?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. The college can impose a summary protection order placing interim limits, conditions or a suspension on your practice to protect the public before any hearing. These orders are published. Seek legal advice immediately if you receive one.<\/div><\/details>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <p class=\"disc\">This guide is general information for dentists in British Columbia and is not legal advice. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BC College of Oral Health Professionals. It describes the position under the Health Professions and Occupations Act, which replaced the Health Professions Act on 1 April 2026; transitional arrangements apply to matters already under way. Regulatory processes change and every case turns on its own facts &mdash; contact your professional liability insurer and a regulatory lawyer about your own matter, and confirm current requirements with BCCOHP. No course or programme can guarantee the outcome of a regulatory process. 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