Drugless Practitioners Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

Drugless Practitioners Act

R.S.O. 1990, Chapter D.18

Historical version for the period June 4, 2007 to June 30, 2015.

Last amendment: 2007, c. 10, Sched. P, s. 14 (1).

Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, this Act is repealed by the Statutes of Ontario, 2007, chapter 10, Schedule P, section 14 (1). See: 2007, c. 10, Sched. P, ss. 14 (1), 21 (2).

Definitions

1. In this Act,

“Board” means the Board of Regents; (“bureau”)

“drugless practitioner” means a person who practises the treatment of any ailment, disease, defect or disability of the human body by manipulation, adjustment, manual or electro-therapy or by any similar method; (“praticien ne prescrivant pas de médicaments”)

“regulations” means the regulations made under this Act. (“règlements”) R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 1.

Board of Regents

2. (1) The Board of Regents established under The Drugless Practitioners Act, 1925, being chapter 49, is continued under the name Board of Regents in English and bureau des administrateurs in French, and shall be composed of five persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 2 (1).

Term of office

(2) Every member of the Board shall hold office for a period of two years, but any member is eligible for reappointment at the expiration of the term of office. R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 2 (2).

Vacancies

(3) Every vacancy on the Board caused by the death, resignation or incapacity of a member shall be filled by the appointment of a person to hold office for the remainder of the term of such member. R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 2 (3).

Officers

(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall designate from time to time one of the members to be chair, one to be vice-chair and one to be secretary-treasurer of the Board. R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 2 (4).

Boards of directors

3. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint a board of directors for one or more classifications of drugless practitioners to be composed of not fewer than three and not more than five members and to be known in English as the Board of Directors of (inserting the classification or classifications) and in French as Conseil d’administration des (inserting the classification or classifications). R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 3 (1).

(2), (3) Repealed: 2006, c. 34, s. 30.

Officers

(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may designate one of the members to be chair, one to be vice-chair and one to be secretary-treasurer of a board of directors. R.S.O. 1990, c. D.18, s. 3 (4).

Regulations

4. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations classifying persons admitted to practise under...