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The Psychologists Registration Act (1960) includes protection of what terms?
"psychologist" "psychology" and "psychological"
Under the Psychologists Act, after a hearing, the board could suspend or cancel a certificate of registration if:
1. registration had been acheived by misreprestnation/fraud
2. person guilty of malpractice
3. individually mentally or physically incapable of practicing psychology
4. convicted of an offense for conduct such that it was not in the public interst for them to continuing practicing
5. guilty of professional malpractice or conduct unbecoming of a psychologist
how is sexual abuse defined in the context of professional misconduct?
1. sexual intercourse/sexual relations between member and patient
2. touch, of a sexual nature, of patient by member
3. behaviors or remarks of a sexual nature by member towards patient.
combinations of:
psychologist OR psychological associate
AND
authorizing autonomous practice, authorizing supervised practice, OR authorizing interim autonomous practice.
Are your required to report on a doctor who sexually abused his patient, but you do not know the name of the doctor (i.e., the patient refuses to give you the name)?
No you are not, you need the name to report.
what information needs to go into a report of sexual abuse by a regulated health professional?
1. name of person filing report
2. name of member who is the subject of report
3. explanation of alleged sexual abuse, incompacity, or incompetence
4. the name of the patient, subject to the patient consenting in writing to the inclusion of the patient's name.
what do you have to report when a member is found guilty of an offense by a court of law?
1. the name of the member filing the report
2. the nature of and description of offense
3. date the member was found guilty
4. name and location of court that found member guilty
5. status of any appeal initiated respecting the finding of guilt.
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