Discipline Guidelines for Non-Compliance
Discipline Guidelines for Non-Compliance with CPD Requirements
There are several areas of possible non-compliance with the CPD Requirements including:
- Not reporting by the January 31 deadline.
- Not reporting sufficient CPD activities to meet the 120/60 hours requirement.
- Not completing the four-hour verifiable ethics requirement in the current three-year period.
As with all ethics issues, members who persist in willful non-compliance with the CPD Requirements will go through a formal process involving a complaint, followed by an investigation and, if the member is found in breach, a resulting discipline. The following discipline guidelines are approved by the Board of Governors and used by the Ethics Committee in determining discipline after a finding of non-compliance.
| Not reporting by the January 31 deadline |
| First offence |
No report filed by deadline |
$200 fine and improve conduct (by filing reports on time) |
| Second offence |
No report filed by deadline |
$500 fine, reprimand and improve conduct (by filing reports on time) |
| Third offence |
No report filed by deadline |
Panel Hearing |
| Not reporting sufficient CPD activities to meet the 120/60 hours requirement |
| First offence |
Hours earned:
Verifiable: 48-59
Non-Verifiable: 48-59 |
$500 fine and improve conduct (by undertaking sufficient verifiable and non-verifiable activities) |
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Hours earned:
Verifiable: 31-47
Non-Verifiable: 31-47 |
$1,000 fine and improve conduct (by undertaking sufficient verifiable and non-verifiable activities) |
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Hours earned:
Verifiable: 0-30
Non-Verifiable: 0-30 |
$2,000 fine, reprimand and improve conduct (by undertaking sufficient verifiable and non-verifiable activities) |
| Second offence |
Hours earned:
Verifiable: 48-59
Non-Verifiable: 48-59 |
$2,000 fine, reprimand and improve conduct (by undertaking sufficient verifiable and non-verifiable activities) |
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Hours earned:
Verifiable: 31-47
Non-Verifiable: 31-47 |
$2,500 fine, reprimand and improve conduct (by undertaking sufficient verifiable and non-verifiable activities) |
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Hours earned:
Verifiable: 0-30
Non-Verifiable: 0-30 |
$3,000 fine, reprimand and improve conduct (by undertaking sufficient verifiable and non-verifiable activities) |
| Third offence |
Hours earned:
Verifiable: 0-59
Non-Verifiable: 0-59 |
Panel Hearing |
| Not completing the four-hour verifiable ethics activity |
| First Offence |
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$250 fine, reprimand and improve conduct (by undertaking course within 2 months) |
Members may be non-compliant in one, two or three of these areas, in which case the discipline(s) are added together.
A serious illness may prevent a member from meeting their CPD commitments. In such circumstances, a member should submit a letter of explanation to the Director of Member Services immediately upon determination of such a situation.
