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June 11, 2020 News DentistryNewsOral Health

Change is Coming to British Columbia’s Health Professional Regulatory Framework – Here is What is Being Proposed

by Siobhan McConnell, Gowling WLG

Changes appear to be on the horizon for BC’s health professional regulatory framework, and it could be significant. In March of 2018, the BC Minister of Health initiated an inquiry into the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia, as…

April 14, 2019 News News

How B.C.’s System for Regulating Health-Care Workers is Failing Patients

by Bethany Lindsay, CBC News

When Harry Cayton started looking into the dysfunction at the College of Dental Surgeons of B.C., he discovered something alarming, and the problem persisted even after a major shift in leadership. “A concern for the well-being of dentists rather than…

October 9, 2018 News News

Public Hearing Scheduled for B.C. Dentist Alleged to Have Overbilled and Misdiagnosed Patients

by Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail

The College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. is taking disciplinary action against a B.C. dentist who it says failed to diagnose and treat patients properly and billed inappropriately. The college is planning a public hearing, although the dentist, Bin Xu,…

July 16, 2018 News News

B.C. Dental College Settles Complaint With Dentist

by Wendy Stueck, The Globe and Mail

As part of a settlement agreement, the College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. has apologized to a Victoria dentist over how it handled her complaint into allegations of sexually inappropriate comments made to her by the college’s former registrar. The…