Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities
225.91 Complaints and Investigations Complaints
Registrar
(a) alleging that a teacher is professionally incompetent in
carrying out the teaching duties related to a teaching
certificate,
(b) alleging that a teacher leade r is professionally incompetent
in carrying out the leadership duties related to a leadership
certificate or superintendent leadership certificate, or
(c) about alleged un professional conduct of a teacher or teacher
leader.
(2) If an administrator has reason to believe that a teacher or
teacher leader has been or may have been convicted of an
indictable offence at a time when the teacher or teacher leader held
a teaching certificate, leadership certificate or superintendent
leadership certificate or was eligible for the reissuance of any of
those certificates, the administrator shall make a complaint under
this section relating to that belief.
(3) In the absence of a complaint,
(a) the Registrar may refer a matter relating to the alleged
professional incompetence or alleged unprofessional
conduct of a teacher or teacher leader to the Commissioner,
or
(b) the Commissioner may, of the Commissioner's own
initiative, decide to make any preliminary inquiries with
respect to a matter relating to the alleged professional
incompetence or alleged unprofessional conduct of a teacher
or teacher leader that the Commissioner considers
appropriate.
(4) A matter described in subsection (3) is considered a complaint
but the Registrar or Commissioner is not considered to be a
complainant for the purposes of this Act.
(5) The Registrar shall, on receiving a complaint under subsection
(1) or (2) or section 225.92,
(a) refer the complaint to the Commissioner, or
(b) dismiss the complaint if the complaint is in respect of an
individual other than a teacher or teacher leader.
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