That may be.
The search i did yesterday (and posted about) on the COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS OF ONTARIO website (this is the licensing body) yielded nothing when searching "criminal" "background" "guilty" the only place I found it mentioned was on the application form for new applicants that said:
SELF REPORTING
As an applicant, you are required to report to CCO information about any
guilty finding made by a court related to an offence, professionalnegligence or malpractice (The duty to report offences and findings is found in section 85.6.1 and 85.6.2 of the Health Professions Procedural Codeas enacted by the government). Check the appropriate box(es) below:
1. Have you been found guilty of an offence?
YES
NO
If YES to any question,Please provide details on a separate piece ofpaper, including the nature, description, date ofany finding, name and location of the court, andany appeal status relating to the finding.
Sounds like the honour system for reporting and a qualitative assessment. According to the code quoted above, Chiropractics is a self-regulating profession (as is massage therapy but I didn't see Paramedics on the list). I believe I read that in BC the schools require applicants to disclose a criminal record (but didn't specify it had to be clean). A search of one Ontario school doesn't mention anything about a background check under admission requirements and yields nothing when I search "criminal" "background" "guilty"
http://www.cmcc.ca/page.aspx?pid=348
This website
http://www.degrees.ca/chiropractor/ says that "criminal screening" is done at the licensing level.
So I think it's possible CN can go to chiropractic school, and maybe even get licensed because I can't see the licensing board denying a license for an obstruction conviction. A colleague's wife is a Chiro and school is 4 years. Perhaps by that point she will have applied for a record suspension (
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/record-suspension-formerly-called-pardon-and-purges).
I'm just disheartened because I really don't think an obstruction charge is going to hold her back all that much. Again, I have no clue if this is her chosen profession, it's just an example. That's JMO.
