Question - Bill 23 (section 221(d)) allowed for an oath of office. A PRO may make bylaws “establishing requirements for registrants or officers of the professional regulatory organization to take an oath of office…” There is no such provision in Bill 40. In our profession, all new registrants have had to take an oath of office, and this is an important tradition and function of being a land surveyor. Why was the oath of office removed? Are we still able to make a bylaw that require new registrants to take an oath of office?
 
Response - A regulator may make bylaws requiring new registrants to take an oath of office. Explicit reference to it was removed because it is not a common requirement across regulators; however the PGA provides the authorities necessary to require it in section 52(2) and 213(1)(p).