Health Care Practitioners Special Committee for Audit Hearings

The Medical Services Commission’s audit powers over health care practitioners have been delegated to various special committees. A special committee for each body of health care practitioners has been established. The special committees are: the Chiropractic Special Committee, the Dentistry Special Committee, the Massage Therapy Special Committee, the Naturopathy Special Committee, the Optometry Special Committee, the Physical Therapy Special Committee, the Podiatry Special Committee, the Acupuncture Special Committee and the Midwifery Special Committee.

Each audit results in the submission of a detailed report to the individual Special Committee. Subsequently, the individual Special Committee makes recommendation to the Health Care Practitioners Special Committee for Audit Hearings to assist the Health Care Practitioners Special Committee for Audit Hearings in determining if recovery should be pursued. Practitioners have a right to be heard before the Health Care Practitioners Special Committee for Audit Hearings makes a determination.

• Panel Decisions and Reasons