FIRST QUARTER, JUNE 1, 2024 – AUGUST 31, 2024
New Complaints and Reports
In the 1st Quarter, the College received 45 new complaints and initiated two Registrar’s Investigations related to the psychology profession. The nature of service in relation to these matters is as follows:
The College also received 11 complaints related to applied behaviour analysis (ABA). The nature of service in relation to these matters is as follows:
Timeline Snapshot
There are also ten open ABA complaints being actively investigated. They complaints were all received less than 150 days ago.
ICRC Meetings
The ICRC met three times to consider a total of 29 cases. In addition, the ICRC held 17 teleconferences to consider 27 cases.
ICRC Dispositions
The ICRC disposed of 26 psychology cases during the 1st Quarter, as illustrated below. The ICRC took some action, which can range from providing advice to a referral to the Discipline Committee, in 10, or 38%, of these cases:
*F&V: Frivolous, vexatious, made in bad faith, moot or otherwise an abuse of process, pursuant to s.26(4) of the Health Professions Procedural Code.
Only one ABA case has been disposed of to date, by way of the complaint having been withdrawn. This complaint was related to an Assessment. All of the remaining ten ABA cases are in the process of being investigated.
The dispositions of the 26 psychology cases, as they relate to nature of service, are as follows:
Disposition of Allegations
The 26 cases disposed of included the consideration of 102 allegations. The ICRC took some action with respect to 26, or 25.5%, of these allegations.
Health Professions Review and Appeal Board (HPARB)
In the 1st Quarter, three HPARB reviews of ICRC decisions were requested. The College did not receive any HPARB decisions.