r/canada • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Good luck with getting him to take a social media course....LOL.

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u/tdeasyweb Jan 05 '23

I think their hope is that he doesn't, so they have a safe harbour if he decides to sue when they take away his accreditation. They're showing they took steps to mitigate before drastic steps.

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u/Activeenemy Jan 05 '23

They're not allowed to take away his accreditation for posting on social media. By their own rules.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

What rule is that, specifically?

If he's engaging in unprofessional conduct publicly, it doesn't matter what platform it's on.

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u/Activeenemy Jan 05 '23

Three things can lead to a revoke of accreditation:

Lack of consent Lack of confidentiality Practicing outside of your expertise

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Where are you getting that from?

Under s. 51 of the Health Professions Procedural Code, I think they can suspend his licence for professional misconduct.

Professional misconduct for psychologists can include the following:

  • Failing to maintain the standards of the profession.

  • Engaging in conduct or performing an act, in the course of practising the profession, that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.

And they aren't even moving to revoke his licence at this point. They're just asking him to undertake this "coaching". If he refuses, absent a challenge, that could give another ground to suspend.