Describe Legislation and name the key act that regulates forest proffesionals - correct answer
Written Laws, Professional Governance Act
Describe and give an example of a regulation - correct answer Rules written by
government to apply to legislation. Not a law but used to comply to laws. Forest Professionals
Regulation
Describe Bylawys and how they relate to legislation and regulation - correct answer
written by organizations to regulate themselves in accordance to legislation and regulations
Describe administrative policy and its function in the ABCFP - correct answer Rules
written by organizations to inform and guide their own decision making
What purpose does the "Office of the Superintendent of Professional Governance serve?" - correct
answer -Oversees the operations of all professions that fall under the PGA
-Sets policy that regulators must follow
Name and give the acronym for the 5 professions that fall under the Professional Governance act -
correct answer - ABCFP (Forestry)
-ASTTBC (Applied Science)
- BCIA (Aerologists)
- CAB (Biology)
_EGBC (Geo-science)
List the functions of the Office of the Super intendant of Professional Governance's (OSPG) policy's -
correct answer -implement the PGA
, -Support and advise PGA regulators
-Proved support for adapting best practices
-promote reconciliation awareness
-recommend whether to add or remove professions from the PGA
What are the functions of the OSPG's Compliance and Enforcement - correct answer
Oversight of regulator bodies, audit and review regulatory bodies, issue guidelines to be considered by
regulatory bodies
When was the PGA; passed, implemented, and what act did it replace - correct answer
Passed in 2018, Implemented in 2021, replaced the Foresters Act
What are the objectives of the PGA - correct answer -Provide framework for
regulating bodies
-promote best practices of proffesional governance
-protects public interest
-grants ABCFP the right to self governance
-establishes legal requirements that are required for self governance
Part 1 of the PGA (Title and Brief Description) - correct answer TItle: Definitions and
applications
Description: establishes definitions for terms related to regulation and practice
Part 2 of the PGA (Title and brief description) - correct answer Title: Superintendent
of Professional Governance
Establishes the roles of the OSPG in relation to the PGA, such as publishing relative information that is
within the public interest
Part 3 of the PGA (Title and brief description) - correct answer Title: Regulatory
Bodies
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