Our Role & Responsibility to the Public

The College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC helps to protect the public through effective regulation of chiropractors, massage therapists, naturopathic physicians, and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists. We maintain Licence Verification of the health professions registered to practice in B.C. We receive, administer and investigate complaints made by the public against registrants, and determine any accountability and consequences.

Processes Managed by the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC

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LicenCe Verification

You can use the licence verification search to verify whether an individual is currently registered/licensed with the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC. The search provides information on credentials and scope of practice. This information is not to be used for any commercial, marketing, or fundraising purposes.

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Formal Complaints & Discipline

Are you concerned about the care you or a family member received from a registrant of the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC? You can raise such issues through our complaints process.

Professional Conduct Notices & Discipline Hearings

As required by the Health Professions Act, the College provides notice of complaint outcomes. Hearings of the College are open to the public except where, upon application by one of the parties involved, it is determined that the proceedings should be closed.

Complaints & Discipline

College’s role in complaints

The Inquiry Committee of the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC (CCHPBC) investigates complaints that have not been resolved by the College’s registrar. The Inquiry Committee is established under the Health Professions Act and is made up of members of the public and health professionals who are registrants of the CCHPBC.

The Committee is responsible for investigating complaints involving any of the following issues:

  • a registrant contravening the HPA, the regulation for the registrant’s health profession, or the College’s bylaws
  • a registrant failing to comply with a limit or condition imposed under the HPA, the regulation for the registrant’s health profession, or the bylaws
  • a registrant’s professional misconduct, sexual misconduct, or unethical conduct
  • a registrant’s competence to practise their profession that the CCHPBC regulates
  • a physical or mental ailment, an emotional disturbance, or an addiction to alcohol or drugs that impairs a registrant’s ability to practise.

The nature of the Inquiry Committee’s investigation will depend on the complaint. Generally, an investigator will interview the registrant, the complainant and any relevant witnesses. The investigator may ask for additional information or documents from the complainant. Typically, the investigator will obtain client health records from the registrant.

Professional Conduct & Misconduct

What is professional conduct/misconduct?

It is each registrant’s responsibility to practice their profession in accordance with the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC’s bylaws and standards of practice .

Health professionals must recognize that in any client relationship — no matter who the client is —an imbalance of power exists. By the very nature of the relationship, the health professional holds more power than the client because the client relies on the health professional for care. Ways to lessen that power imbalance exist, such as by using a client-centred care model, but there will always be some imbalance inherent in any healthcare encounter.

What is sexual misconduct?

Sexual misconduct includes:

  • sexual intercourse or other forms of physical sexual relations between the registrant and the client
  • touching, of a sexual nature, of the client by the registrant
  • behaviour or remarks of a sexual nature by the registrant toward the client.

Zero tolerance of sexual misconduct by a registrant

Professional misconduct of a sexual nature is a misuse of power that violates the human dignity of clients seeking care for themselves or their relatives, or both. It is characterized as a violation of the relationship of trust and confidence that exists between clients and registrants. Such professional misconduct by any registrant, providing any type of care, in any practice setting, will not be tolerated by the College.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of complaints will be accepted?

The College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC (CCHPBC) can only investigate complaints that fall within its statutory mandate. The College’s primary purpose is to protect the public from harm. For a complaint to be accepted for investigation, it must relate to unprofessional conduct or incompetent practice by a registrant of CCHPBC (an acupuncturist, chiropractor, massage therapist, naturopathic physician or traditional Chinese medicine practitioner). Such conduct may include sexual misconduct or unethical conduct.

The College is unable to address claims for financial compensation or business disputes between health professionals.

Can I make an anonymous complaint?

No, the College cannot accept anonymous complaints. A copy of your complaint and evidence gathered through the course of the College’s investigation will be provided to the registrant whom you made the complaint against.

Complaints Review Process

When you submit a complaint to the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC (CCHPBC) about a registrant’s conduct, it triggers a statutory process that provides them with procedural rights. Typically, the Inquiry Committee will disclose information about the complaint to the registrant during an investigation, including providing them with a copy of the complaint, as the registrant is generally entitled to receive the complaint so they have an opportunity to respond.

As a complainant, you should also be aware that as part of any investigation:

  • information you provide to the College in connection with your complaint, including correspondence, documents and notes made by College staff about telephone calls that you make to the College, may be disclosed to the respondent
  • information provided by you may be disclosed to other witnesses when this is considered necessary for the investigation of your complaint
  • the registrant may be asked to respond to your complaint
  • you may be required to provide further information relating to your complaint
  • the College’s registrar or the Inquiry Committee may obtain copies of records relating to your complaint
  • an investigator may contact anyone who may have additional information as part of the investigation.

The Inquiry Committee will keep the information it gathers confidential, except when it must disclose information as part of its investigation.

As a complainant, CCHPBC will provide you with regular updates about the status of the investigation. Once the Inquiry Committee decides on a course of action concerning the complaint, the College will provide you and the registrant with notice of its resolution (disposition).

Options for resolving your complaint

The Inquiry Committee has four options for disposing of (resolving) complaints. The Inquiry Committee may:

  1. Take no further action if the registrant’s conduct or competence was satisfactory, or if the information provided does not make a reasonable case for further action by the College.
  2. Act informally to resolve the matter between you and the registrant, by taking any action the Inquiry Committee considers appropriate.
  3. Reach a voluntary formal undertaking and consent agreement with the registrant. Measures that may be required under a formal undertaking and consent agreement include: reprimands, specified educational courses, limits/conditions on practice, or suspensions.
  4. Direct a discipline hearing before the College’s Discipline Committee. A discipline hearing is a public process in which witnesses give testimony and evidence is submitted. Outcomes from a discipline hearing can range from a dismissal of the allegations to suspension or cancellation of registration.

If the Inquiry Committee disposes of your complaint but does not direct a discipline hearing, it will provide you with notice of its decision and a written explanation. If you are not satisfied with the Committee’s decision, you have the right to apply for a review by the Health Professions Review Board (HPRB). If you wish to apply for a review, you must make an application to the HRPB within 30 days of receiving the Inquiry Committee’s decision letter. If the Inquiry Committee directs a discipline hearing, you will be notified, but may not apply for a review with the HPRB.

Discipline hearings

If the Inquiry Committee decides on a discipline hearing, it will direct the College’s registrar to issue a citation. The matter is then transferred to the Discipline Committee. This option is typically reserved for serious matters where the Inquiry Committee has been unable to obtain a consensual resolution.

Discipline hearings are formal adjudicative processes before Discipline Committee panels, which consist of members of the public and health professionals who are registrants of CCHPBC. If a hearing is set, as the complainant you may have to testify about the matters in the complaint.

CCHPBC may be awarded costs by the Discipline Committee. However, the committee does not have the authority to order a registrant to pay damages or financial compensation or to compel an apology.

Discipline hearings are open to the public.

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF RESERVED TITLES

UnAUTHORIZED practice

The College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC (CCHPBC) takes the unauthorized practice of the professions we regulate seriously.

British Columbia has a shared scope of practice and restricted activities model for regulated health professions under the Health Professions Act. This regulatory model was designed to enable inter-professional practice and team-based care, and to balance public safety and consumer choice. For more information on this regulatory model, please visit the website of the B.C. Ministry of Health at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/practitioner-professional-resources/professional-regulation/scope-of-practice-reform

Restricted activities are a narrowly defined list of invasive, higher risk activities that must not be performed by any person in the course of providing health services, except the regulated health professionals who have been granted specific authority to do so by regulations enacted under the Health Professions Act.

A person engages in unauthorized practice when they engage in a restricted activity without being registered as the type of health professional who has been granted authority to provide that restricted activity as part of their services.

The restricted activities granted to registrants of profession regulated by CCHPBC are as follows.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy is not a restricted activity in British Columbia. This means that any person may provide massage services, no matter their level of education. Health professionals who are registered with CCHPBC as Registered Massage Therapists are health professionals who have met rigorous registration requirements, including post-secondary education in sciences and in clinical applications of massage therapy. They have also passed a multi-component registration (entry to practice) examination administered by the College and undergone a criminal record check. This is not necessarily the case for non-registered individuals performing massage services.

Chiropractic

The Chiropractic Regulation, as set out under the Health Professions Act,
permits registered Chiropractors to perform a number of restricted activities. The full list of restricted activities for chiropractic can be found at section 4 of the Chiropractic Regulation.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture

Under the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists Regulation, only specific groups of registrants in the traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture profession may make a traditional Chinese diagnosis, may prescribe Chinese herbal formulae, and may insert acupuncture needles under the skin for the purpose of practising acupuncture, based on their registration title.
The full list of restricted activities for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists can be found at section 5 of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists Regulation.

Naturopathic Medicine

The Naturopathic Physician Regulation, as set out under the Health Professions Act, permits naturopathic doctors to perform a number of restricted activities. The complete list of restricted activities that naturopathic doctors are authorized to perform can be found at section 5 of the Naturopathic Physicians Regulation.

Unauthorized use of a reserved title

CCHPBC also take the unauthorized use of a title reserved by law for health professionals we regulate seriously. Reserved titles are a central and critical public protection element of British Columbia’s health professions regulatory framework. For more information about reserved titles in British Columbia, please visit the website of the B.C. Ministry of Health at: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/practitioner-professional-resources/professional-regulation/scope-of-practice-reform

Use of a title reserved by law for acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, naturopathic physicians, or traditional Chinese medicine practitioners without current CCHPBC registration in the appropriate class of registration is unlawful.

The following titles are reserved for CCHPBC registrants in the massage therapy profession:

  • Massage Therapist (MT)
  • Registered Massage Therapist (RMT)
  • Massage Practitioner (MP)
  • Registered Massage Practitioner (RMP)

The following titles are reserved for CCHPBC registrants in the chiropractic profession:

  • Chiropractor
  • Doctor

The following titles are reserved for CCHPBC registrants in the traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture profession:

  • Acupuncturist (R.Ac.)
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P.)
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbalist (R.TCM.H.)
  • Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Dr. TCM)
  • Doctor

Please note that while these titles are reserved for the traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture profession, registrants must only use the title(s) that is/are approved to use for the scope of the profession that they are authorized to perform.

The following titles are reserved for CCHPBC registrants in the naturopathic medicine profession:

  • Naturopath
  • Naturopathic Physician
  • Naturopathic Doctor (ND)
  • Physician
  • Doctor (Dr.)

Unregistered individuals are legally prohibited from using these titles or their abbreviations. (Some individuals who are registrants of a health profession regulated by another regulatory health professional college are also granted legal authority to use some of these titles, such as “doctor”.)

REPORTING UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE AND/OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A RESERVED TITLE

If you are concerned that an individual may be engaging in unauthorized practice and/or unauthorized use of a reserved title, check to confirm if they are a registrant of the College by using our Licence Verification tool.

Individuals who engage in unauthorized practice and/or unauthorized use of a reserved title may be subject to legal action.
Because this type of report concerns individuals who are not registrants of the College, CCHPBC is generally able to accept anonymous reports of unauthorized practice and/or reserved title use.
For more information, please contact ac.cbphcc@stnialpmoc.

How to make a complaint against a registrant

What to know: Making a complaint

If you have a concern about the conduct or competence of a registrant of the College of Complementary Health Professionals of BC (CCHPBC) (an acupuncturist, chiropractor, massage therapist, naturopathic physician or traditional Chinese medicine practitioner), you may submit a complaint to the College.

Complaints must be made in writing. You may submit a complaint through the following options:

  • Email: ac.cbphcc@stnialpmoc
  • Mail a letter to:

    Director of Inquiry and Discipline

    College of Complementary Health Professionals of British Columbia

    900-200 Granville Street

    Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4

  • Fax : 604-608-9726

You must provide your full name when submitting a complaint; CCHPBC is not able to accept anonymous complaints or complaints made by phone.

There is no time limit on submitting a complaint.

For more information about the CCHPBC’s complaints process, review the section on the College’s role in complaints above.

Public Notices

Under the Health Professions Act, CCHPBC provides notice of complaint outcomes as required by the Act. CCHPBC provides notice of outcomes that result in conditions or limits on a registrant’s practice, a suspension, or cancellation of licence, as well as matters that go to the Discipline Committee. Discipline notices or notices of complaints involving serious matters will be published here for ten years. Please use our contact form to obtain information older than ten years.

Chiropractors

Dr. Murray Kievit – Consent Order – July 31, 2023

Dr. William Cameron – Consent Agreement – April 14, 2023

Dr. Gavin Maxwell – Consent Agreement – January 03, 2023

Dr. David MacKenzie – Consent Agreement – January 30, 2022

Dr. Murray Kievit – Consent Order – January 27, 2022

Dr. Larry Kinakin – Consent Agreement – May 21, 2021

Dr. Daniel Sullins – Consent Agreement- Jun 29, 2020

Dr. Glenn Cashman – Consent Agreement- January 1, 2020

Dr. Michael Buna – Consent Order – June 11, 2018

Dr. Michael Buna – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – January 08, 2018

Dr. Kevin Lai – Consent Agreement – September 18, 2017

Dr. Alvin Klassen – Consent Agreement – August 17, 2017

Dr. Mark Speakman – Consent Agreement – August 26, 2017

Dr. Steven Moore – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – March 9, 2017

Dr. Suhill Samji – Consent Agreement – October 14, 2016

Dr. Peter Ting – Consent Order – November 2, 2015

Dr. Jim Sahota – Consent Agreement – January 4, 2015

Registered Massage Therapists

Stephen Glover, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – May 3, 2024

Bethany Niedjalski, RMT – Consent Resolution – February 23, 2024

Daniel Dakin, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – December 20, 2023

Adam Lariviere, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – October 12, 2023 & December 4, 2023

Stephen Bartlett, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – August 31, 2023 & December 1, 2023

John-Paul Da Silva, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 21, 2023

Kelly Hazeldine, RMT – Consent Resolution – October 13, 2023

Jeremy Jakobsze, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – July 24, 2023 & September 19, 2023

Hyeokcheon (HC) Kwon, RMT – Consent Resolution – July 28, 2023

William Hendricks, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – July 13, 2023

Kevin An, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – July 5, 2023

Michelle Gaudet, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – November 28, 2022 & June 28, 2023

Yifu (George) Qiu, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – June 15, 2023

Joanne Argatoff, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – March 7, 2023 & June 14, 2023

Megan Lichtenstein, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – May 19, 2023

Craig Hall, RMT – Consent Resolution – May 5, 2023

Craig Hall, RMT – Consent Resolution – April 24, 2023

Clifford Dickson, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – March 28, 2023

LaLonnie Wood, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – March 15, 2023

Gudbjartur (Bodhi) Haraldsson, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – February 23, 2023

Gilles-Philippe (Phil) Lavoie, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – January 11, 2023

Najia Xu, RMT – Consent Resolution – January 3, 2023

Ashley Di Tomaso, RMT – Consent Resolution – December 28, 2022

Evano Masini, RMT – Consent Resolution – December 28, 2022

Ian Glass, RMT – Consent Resolution – December 23, 2022 – December 22, 2023

Leonard Krekic, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – August 5, 2022 & December 21, 2022

Hyeokcheon (HC) Kwon, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – December 19, 2022

Angela Vanderwal (Venn De La Lune), RMT – Consent Resolution – December 6, 2022

Joanne Argatoff, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – November 10, 2022

Steven Anderson, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – May 18, 2022 & October 20, 2022

Stephen Bartlett, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – August 3, 2022

Aydin Nozhat, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – July 21, 2022

Paul Christopher, Former RMT– Disciplinary Order – June 29, 2022

Stephen Bartlett, Former RMT– Extraordinary Action (IC) – May 5, 2022

Dennis Desrochers, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – May 4, 2022

Craig Hall, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – February 24, 2022

Jennifer Berry, RMT– Consent Resolution – January 24, 2022

Jeremy (Brent) Rowland, Former RMT– Consent Resolution – December 6, 2021

Jianxing (Jim) Lin, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – November 15, 2021

Nicola (Nick) Nicola, RMT– Consent Resolution – November 1, 2021

Robert Morgan, Former RMT– Disciplinary Order – October 26, 2021

Van (William) Dinh, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – October 12, 2021

Brian Zink, RMT– Extraordinary Action (IC) – September 2, 2021

Raja Ramaswamy, RMT– Extraordinary Action (IC) – August 5, 2021

Connor Son, RMT – Consent Resolution – July 29, 2021

Connor Son, RMT – Consent Resolution – July 29, 2021

Connor Son, RMT – Consent Resolution – July 29, 2021

Name Withheld, RMT – Consent Resolution – June 11, 2021

Matthew Farrell, RMT – Consent Resolution – May 6, 2021

Michael Henniger, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – April 22, 2021

Connor Son, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – February 26, 2021

Trevor Scott, RMT – Consent Resolution – January 20, 2021

Trevor Scott, RMT– Consent Resolution – January 20, 2021

Roy Henry Lim, RMT – Consent Resolution – January 14, 2021

Kendra Super, RMT – Consent Resolution – January 4, 2021

Jennifer Berry, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 26, 2020

Glenn Kukkee, Former RMT– Disciplinary Order – October 7, 2020

Gilles Philippe (Phil) Lavoie, Former RMT – Notice of Resignation During Investigation or Discipline – August 28, 2020

Bodhi Jones, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – August 5, 2020

Jeremy (Brent) Rowland, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – June 12, 2020

Name Withheld, RMT – Consent Resolution – June 2, 2020

Leonard (Len) Krekic, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – February 20, 2020

Name Removed, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – February 6, 2020

Paul Christopher, Former RMT – Notice of Resignation During Investigation or Discipline – January 6, 2020

Chris Elson, RMT – Consent Resolution – December 17, 2019

Graham Breault, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – December 4, 2019

Anuraj (Anu) Gill, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – October 31, 2019

James Wheeler, RMT – Consent Resolution – October 11, 2019

Name Withheld, RMT– Consent Resolution – October 10, 2019

Dennis Desrochers, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – September 19, 2019

Dennis Desrochers, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – September 19, 2019

Leah Davis, RMT – Consent Resolution – June 24, 2019

Dennis Desrochers, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – April 18, 2019

Trevor Scott, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – April 17, 2019

Leonard (Len) Krekic, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – April 5, 2019

Steven Anderson, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – January 18, 2019

Eric Rabinowitz, Former RMT – Failure to Authorize a Criminal Record Check – November 7, 2018

Glenn Kukkee, RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – October 3, 2018

D.J. Kent Smith, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – July 3, 2018

Christopher Sherman, RMT – Consent Resolution – April 17, 2018

Jesse Brown, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – December 19, 2017

Graham Breault, Former RMT– Extraordinary Action (IC) – November 8, 2017

Joshua Young, Former RMT – Failure to Authorize a Criminal Record Check – November 1, 2017

Miko Tomasevich, Former RMT – Failure to Authorize a Criminal Record Check – September 6, 2017

Robert Morgan, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – June 6, 2017

Bodhi Jones, Former RMT – Notice of Resignation During Investigation or Discipline – February 21, 2017

David Fierro, Former RMT– Consent Resolution – November 21, 2016

Karl Podolski, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 13, 2016

Trevor Scott, RMT – Discipline Hearing – October 31, 2016

Craig Hall, RMT – Disciplinary Order – October 28, 2016

Chang Long (Charles) Jin, RMT – Consent Resolution – September 7, 2016

Barry Davison, RMT – Consent Resolution- September 7, 2016

Holli Husband, Former RMT– Consent Resolution – May 5, 2016

Donald Martin, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – April 15, 2016

Norman Holler, RMT – Consent Resolution – March 30, 2016

Name removed – Extraordinary Action (IC) – March 9, 2016

Dawinder Sumra, RMT – Consent Resolution – March 8, 2016

Judy Benjamin-Baillie, RMT – Consent Resolution – January 12, 2016

Lucas Hille, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – November 23, 2015

Colette Swain, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 17, 2015

Linda Farruggia, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 6, 2015

Alexis Carnduff, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 6, 2015

Deborah MacConnell, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 4, 2015

Donald Martin, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – September 15, 2015

Glenn Kukkee, RMT – Consent Resolution – July 24, 2015

Craig Smart, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – July 22, 2015

Reynard Graham, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – June 26, 2015

Curtis Godding, RMT – Consent Resolution – June 22, 2015

Matthew Romyn, Former RMT– Disciplinary Order – June 11, 2015

Gordon Hall, Former RMT– Consent Resolution – March 17, 2015

Andrew Nemeth, RMT – Consent Resolution – February 19, 2015

Gregory Nield, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (IC) – January 19, 2015

Donald Martin, Former RMT – Extraordinary Action (DC) – December 5, 2014

Carissa Reid, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 25, 2014

Deborah MacConnell, RMT – Consent Resolution – November 14, 2014

Michael Lambert, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – November 4, 2014

David Fierro, Former RMT – Consent Resolution – October 17, 2014

Glenn MacRae, Former RMT – Disciplinary Order – October 7, 2014

Stephen Bartlett, RMT – Disciplinary Order – October 7, 2014

Naturopathic Physicians

Dr. Kyung Sun (Florie) Kim, ND – Consent Order – March 1, 2024

Dr. Jason Klop, ND – Consent Order – November 1, 2023

Dr. Jordan, Atkinson, ND – Consent Order – November 1, 2022

Jacob Keyzer – Consent Order – September 1, 2022

Dr. Jason Klop, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – August 1, 2021

Dr. Christina Gordon, ND – Conditions of Registration – December 1, 2020

Dr. Allison Patton, ND – Consent Order – February 1, 2020

Jonas LaForge – Consent Order – February 1, 2019

Anke Zimmermann- Consent Order – November 1, 2018

Allan Strauss – Consent Order- July 1, 2018

Dr. Allan Strauss, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – August 1, 2017

Dr. Allan Strauss, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – October 1, 2016

Dr. Allan Strauss, ND – Letter to the Profession – September 1, 2016

Dr. Brandon Spletzer, ND – Consent Order – March 1, 2016

Dr. Allan Strauss, ND – Consent Order – October 1, 2015

Dr. Jonas LaForge, ND – Consent Order – October 1, 2015

Dr. Pieter Taams, ND – Consent Order – October 1, 2015

Dr. Andrew Somody, ND – Consent Order – November 1, 2014

Dr. Andrew Somody, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – June 1, 2014

Dr. Julie Moore, ND – Consent Order – October 1, 2013

Jim Chan – Cancellations of Registration – June 1, 2013

Dr. Julie Moore – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – June 1, 2013

Dr. Jim Chan, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – December 1, 2012

Dr. Moonsang Choi, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – June 1, 2012

Dr. Jim Chan, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – June 1, 2012

Dr. Eugene Pontius, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – June 1, 2010

Dr. Jim Chan, ND – Actions under section 35 that are no longer in effect – April 1, 2010

Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists

Dawood TAGHIZADEH (01043) – Disciplinary Order – September 3, 2024

Christopher REED (102695) – Consent Resolution – April 20, 2024

Dawood TAGHIZADEH (01043) – Disciplinary Order – March 22, 2024

Cheng Ku (Steven) HUANG (02470) – Disciplinary Order – January 25, 2024

Yuan (Ann) YUAN (01398) – Consent Resolution – January 12, 2024

Su Lan (Mary) LEE (01615) – Disciplinary Order – May 15, 2023

Su Lan (Mary) LEE (01615) – Disciplinary Order – November 17, 2022

Jordan TITCHENER (04545) – Disciplinary Order – August 30, 2022

Jaewon JEON (02229) – Consent Resolution – August 31, 2021

Myung June KIM (03972) – Consent Resolution – May 17, 2021

Yu Heng SUN (01621) – Consent Resolution – March 8, 2021

Shawn-Poppi SABHANEY (02808) – Consent Resolution – October 27, 2020

Ali AGHASARDAR (04987) – Extraordinary Action (IC) – October 8, 2020

Gang SHEN (03769) – Consent Resolution – September 25, 2020

Jun Hua (Davy) ZHU (01551) – Consent Resolution – August 18, 2020

Cheng Ku (Steven) HUANG (02470) – Consent Resolution – August 14, 2020

Guiying XU (01820) – Disciplinary Order – October 29, 2015

Chen-Yueh (Ruth) WANG (04526) – Consent Resolution – August 14, 2015

Cheng-Yi (Bruce) TSAI (04101) – Consent Resolution – August 14, 2015

Duan (Deborah) Hu (00233) – Consent Resolution – March 26, 2015

Ying (Sophia) Ma (03881) – Consent Resolution – March 6, 2015

Christopher Daniel Gerow (01864) – Consent Resolution – January 14, 2015

Li Juan (Susan) Xue (00349) – Consent Resolution – September 8, 2014

Kit Wong (00217) – Disciplinary Order – September 4, 2014

Jun (John) SUN (02406) – Consent Resolution – July 8, 2014

Mubai Qiu (01797) – Disciplinary Order – December 5, 2013

Non-Registrant Public Notices

Ashley Anne Legace BC Supreme Court Injunction – November 24, 2021

Sarge Sandhu, aka Narinder Singh Sandhu – Unlicensed Practitioners – November 1, 2014

Sam Samrai aka Sam Harjit Kaur Samrai – Unlicensed Practitioners – November 1, 2014

Discipline hearings

If the Inquiry Committee decides on a discipline hearing, it will direct the College’s registrar to issue a citation. The matter is then transferred to the Discipline Committee. This option is typically reserved for serious matters where the Inquiry Committee has been unable to obtain a consensual resolution.

Discipline hearings are formal adjudicative processes before Discipline Committee panels, which consist of members of the public and health professionals who are registrants of CCHPBC. If a hearing is set, as the complainant you may have to testify about the matters in the complaint.

CCHPBC may be awarded costs by the Discipline Committee. However, the committee does not have the authority to order a registrant to pay damages or financial compensation or to compel an apology.

Discipline hearings are open to the public.

Upcoming Hearings