British Columbia: health regulatory reform update

As part of its ongoing reform of health professions, on May 3, 2007, the British Columbia Ministry of Health released the proposed Speech and Hearing Health Professionals Regulation, which will designate audiology, speech-language pathology and hearing instrument dispensing as three distinct professions within a single college. This follows the November 2006 release of regulations for chiropracters, dentists, medical practitioners and pharmacists.  Read more.