Discipline Hearings & Notices

Where the report of the Investigation Committee recommends that the Discipline Committee hear and determine a formal complaint, the Discipline Committee shall appoint a suitable Discipline Panel, which will include the Public Representative, to conduct the hearing in accordance with section 34 of The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act. The Discipline Panel has the same powers as the Discipline Committee. The Discipline Committee and Discipline Panel receive staff support from the APEGS office and have access to legal counsel.

Hearings are open to the public, however, the Discipline Panel may exclude certain members of the public and/or the complainant from any part of the hearing when the Discipline Panel is of the opinion that evidence brought in the presence of the person(s) to be excluded will unduly violate the privacy of an individual other than the member whose conduct is the subject of the hearing.

The Discipline Hearing

When the complaint proceeds to a discipline hearing, a written notice of the hearing is prepared and served on the member or certificate of authorization holder named. The complainant is also notified. Complainants may be called to serve as witnesses at the hearing.

If the Discipline Panel finds the actions to be professional misconduct or professional incompetence, the member may be:

• expelled from the Association and struck from the register;
• suspended from the Association for a specific period of time;
• suspended from the Association until having complied with conditions such as obtaining specified training, medical treatment or counseling, or undergoing treatment for substance addiction;
• restricted to practice only under conditions such as limiting practice to specified types of work or in partnership with a specified member, obtaining specified training, medical treatment or counseling, or undergoing treatment for substance addiction;
• reprimanded; or
• penalized in any other way that the panel considers just.

Notice of Discipline Hearings

Discipline Decisions and Orders