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Discipline Process & Decisions

Process

The RAPA Complaint Review and Discipline Process details the entire conduct process. Activities which a discipline tribunal may find to be unprofessional conduct are specified in section 91 of the Act. To assist your understanding of the discipline process,there is a flow chart at the end of the document.

For general enquiries, please email us at memberservice@cga-alberta.org.

Decisions

Disciplinary decisions fall into two categories:

1) Suspension or a cancellation of registration, or a restriction on practice;

2) All other types of findings of unprofessional conduct.

The Regulated Accounting Profession Act states that when a discipline or appeal tribunal suspends or cancels the registration or restricts the practice of an investigated party, they must publish a summary of the decision in accordance with CGA Alberta Bylaw 11001. Cancellations will be placed on the website for a period of 10 years, and suspensions or restriction on practice will be placed on the website for a minimum period of one year or for a longer period of time that the suspension or restriction on practice is in effect.

It continues to state that where other decisions are made by a discipline or appeal tribunal, the secretary must publish a summary as directed by the discipline tribunal. Bylaw 11002 relates to all other types of findings of unprofessional conduct, not dealt with in 11001. All decisions on sanctions, excluding suspensions, cancellation, or restriction on practice will be placed on the website for a period of one year, or such other period as ordered by the discipline or appeal tribunal.