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DEFINITIONS Discipline Hearing: The Investigative Committee has referred the matter to the Discipline Committee for a formal hearing. Mediated: The Investigative Committee has approved the mediated agreement between the parties. RDO (Recommended Discipline Order): The registrant has admitted to unskilled practice, unprofessional conduct, or both, and has agreed to specific sanctions. Terminated: The Investigative Committee has determined the complaint was either frivolous or vexatious, or there was insufficient evidence of unskilled practice, unprofessional conduct, or both. Withdrawn: The complainant has either withdrawn or abandoned the complaint.
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC DURING PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS During an investigation, the Investigative Committee may restrict or suspend a registrant’s right to practise until a decision is reached. •Although the committee didn’t impose any interim suspensions in 2022, it restricted the scope of practice of five registrants, pending the investigation outcomes. The committee and the registrants mutually agreed on these voluntary undertakings. Cases in progress that were carried over each year were reduced to 54 in 2022 f rom 69 in 2021 , representing a reduction in our case backlog. Investigated allegations were up 20 per cent to 183 in 2022 from 153 in 2021 (each case may contain more than one allegation) .
HOW CASES ARE CLOSED
Terminated
23
25
27
31
29
RDO
11
10
9
18
15
Withdrawn
13
3
1
7
4
Discipline Hearing
5
11
5
3
1
Mediated
2
0
0
0
4
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