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Discipline Hearing Notices & Orders
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 legal counsel.
Hearings are open to the public, however, the Discipline Panel may exclude members of the public and the person who made the complaint from any part of the hearing when the Discipline Panelis of the opinion that evidence brought in the presence of the person or persons to be excluded will unduly violate the privacy of a person 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 autorization 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;
- 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
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Member |
Notice of Hearing |
No Hearings currently scheduled |
Discipline Decisions and Orders
Member |
Decisions |
Member not Named |
Decision and Order March 24 2021 |
Bilal Mahboob |
Decision and Order Jan 28 2021 |
Behnam Torkan |
Decision and Order December 6 2018 |
Member not Named |
Decision and Order December 6 2018 |
Member not Named |
Decision and Order Oct 30 2017 |
Shahid Azam |
Decision and Order Nov 24 2016 |
James C. Hum |
Summary Decision and Order Jan 22 2015 Decision and Order Nov 23 2016 |
P. Geoffrey Pybus |
Decision and Order Dec 23 2015 |
Contact Information for Discipline Hearings
For questions regarding discipline hearings, contact apegs@apegs.ca.
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
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APEGS acknowledges that it regulates the engineering and geoscience professions in the jurisdiction of Saskatchewan which is comprised of portions of lands from Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10, the territories of the Nêhiyawak (Cree), Anihšināpēk (Salteaux), Dene, Dakota, Lakota and Nakoda nations, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.