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Legislation Sub-Committee

The following outlines the terms of reference for the Legislation Sub-Committee including purpose, key duties and responsibilities, membership, meetings, resources, annual objectives, and reports.

Purpose

This is a working sub-committee of Council whose purposes are to:

1. Review and recommend revisions to College Bylaws and Policies in consultation with the Executive Director/Registrar and Legal Counsel
2. In consultation with the Executive Director/Registrar and Legal Counsel, draft policies for College Council approval
3. Align College communications with policy

Key Duties and Responsibilities

The Legislation Sub-Committee:

1. Responds to Council directives concerning Bylaws, policies, and documents
2. Researches and drafts Bylaws revisions and policy
3. Reviews the Bylaws and Council policies as per the established schedule referred to in CP-3 (5)
4. Reviews other documents as per Council directive for alignment with current policy
5. Interpret the Health Professions Act and the MLT Profession Regulation for the purpose of application and revision of policy regarding continuing competence and registration
6. Make recommendations to Council regarding continuing competence and registration policies.

Membership

The committee has a minimum of six members and a maximum of nine (9):

1. The Past President – serving as Chair
2. President-Elect 
3. members at large

All Committee members vote, excluding the Chair. In the event of a tie vote, the Chair will cast the deciding vote.

Committee members at large, serve a three (3) year term, with the possibility of renewal for one additional term. Membership should not exceed six (6) consecutive years. In the absence of volunteers for appointment, members at large may be appointed annually until a volunteer is found, not to exceed 12 consecutive years of committee membership.

The chair is responsible for the duties listed in the Committee Chair Position Description (CP-11). Committee members are responsible for the duties listed in the Committee Member Position Description (CP-10.1)

The President and Executive Director/Registrar are ex-officio members of the committee.

Meetings

The committee may hold up to four (4) meetings a year, with at least one (1) meeting by March to review the Bylaws. Any recommendations for revisions to the Bylaws must be presented at the Council meeting in March in order to meet the timelines specified in Article 8.2 of the Bylaws. Other meetings are held as required. Meetings may be conducted face-to-face, by e-mail, or by teleconference.

A quorum consists of at least one-half of the committee members. Committee meetings may proceed in the absence of a quorum. However, a quorum is required in order to forward any recommendations or other committee business to the Registrar or Council. After a committee meeting where a quorum was not present, committee members who were absent may approve, by fax, recommendations and business that need to be submitted to Council.

Resources

The committee has a Council-approved budget that covers costs provided for in Council Committee Principles (CP-10), Committee Member Position Description (CP-10.1), and Committee Chair Position Description (CP-11).  The committee also has resources for Legal counsel as required.

Reports

The Executive Director/Registrar forwards minutes and associated documents to Council.