Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 8, Social Work Profession Act, be read for the second time.
Mr. Speaker, this bill provides for the regulation of the profession of social work in the Northwest Territories. It sets out requirements for registration as a registered social worker or a licensed social worker and provides for application procedures.
A process for the review of conduct of registered and licensed social workers is established, including a complaints mechanism, a description of unprofessional conduct, an option for alternative dispute resolution and a hearing process. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill 8 has had second reading and is referred to committee.
---Carried
Item 20, consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters: Tabled Document 4-16(5), Executive Summary of the Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project; Tabled Document 30-16(5), 2010 Review of Members’ Compensation and Benefits; Tabled Document 38-16(5), Supplementary Health Benefits – What We Heard; and Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Elections and Plebiscites Act, No. 3, with Mr. Bromley in the Chair.
