BC Health Regulators (BCHR) brings together all health profession regulators – known as health regulatory colleges – in British Columbia, providing an administrative and organizational foundation for collaboration between the colleges. Our shared mandate is to serve and protect all British Columbians, ensuring regulated health care providers deliver qualified, safe, and ethical care to their patients and clients.
BCHR brings together BC’s health regulatory colleges to collaborate on improving regulation and regulatory practice across our organizations.
Our activities focus on four main objectives:
- Building a consistent regulatory approach among health profession regulators;
- Providing relevant education to support regulatory college staffs and boards in their work;
- Providing regulatory leadership and expertise to improve and advance regulatory practice; and
- Building BCHR’s effectiveness and sustainability for supporting our collaborative efforts.
Working together, we address shared needs and opportunities, including developing regulatory resources and undertaking priority BCHR initiatives that support the above objectives.
BCHR leadership
The BCHR Executive Committee consists of the Registrars for the following health regulatory colleges:
- Cynthia Johansen, BC College of Nurses and Midwives, Chair
- Suzanne Solven, College of Pharmacists of BC, Vice-Chair
- Chris Hacker, College of Dental Surgeons of BC, Secretary
- Heidi Oetter, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, Treasurer
- Joanie Bouchard, College of Dietitians of BC, Director-at-Large
- Michelle Da Roza, College of Chiropractors of BC, Director-at-Large
On August 27, 2020, the BC Ministry of Health announced a plan to modernize and strengthen the province’s health regulatory system. Find out more about regulatory modernization in BC, and read the latest news on how health profession regulators are evolving.