CPA · Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Part 5 — Discipline
43 Complaints
is authorized in writing by the Registrar to receive complaints,
about the conduct of a professional member, licensee, permit
holder, certificate holder or member-in-training, and the complaint
shall be dealt with in accordance with this Part and the regulations.
(2) A complaint must be in writing.
(3) A complaint respecting the conduct of a professional member,
licensee, permit holder or certificate holder whose registration was
cancelled pursuant to this Act may, notwithstanding the
cancellation, be dealt with within 2 years following the date of
cancellation of the registration as if the cancellation had not
occurred.
(4) Notwithstanding section 47, a person designated by the
Registrar as a mediator may assist in settling a complaint if the
complainant and the person about whose conduct the complaint
was made agree, but if within 30 days from the date of receipt of
the complaint, or a longer period agreed to by those persons, a
settlement of the complaint between those persons does not occur,
or in the mediator's opinion is not likely to occur, the complaint
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shall be referred forthwith by the Registrar to the Investigative
Committee.
(5) If a complaint is settled with the assistance of a mediator, any
agreement that is reached by the complainant and the person about
whose conduct the complaint was made must be reviewed by the
Investigative Committee, and that Committee may
(a) approve the agreement, or
(b) proceed with a preliminary investigation in accordance wit h
section 47.
1981 cE-11.1 s42;1984 c17 s13;1995 c14 s18