Streamlining Professional Governance Laws

New rules would make it easier for self-governing professions to protect Albertans’ health, safety and economic interests.

Alberta’s government delegates self-governing responsibilities for certain professions and occupations to professional regulatory organizations. If passed, the Professional Governance Act will consolidate and streamline nine current acts that govern these organizations into a single act to achieve consistency and efficiency in their operations.

Professional regulatory organizations are responsible for the governance, registration, conduct and discipline of their registrants. They are also responsible for ensuring their registrants deliver services in a way that safeguards the life, health, property, environment and the economic interests of Albertans. The proposed act affects 22 non-health professional regulatory organizations.

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