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Injunction proceeding over unauthorized use of protected massage-therapy titles

The B.C. Supreme Court considered the College’s application for injunctive relief under the Health Professions Act against an individual who was not registered with the College. The case concerned the statutory protection of professional titles and the College’s authority to restrain a non-registrant from representing himself in a manner that suggested he was entitled to practise as a regulated massage therapist. The decision illustrates the Court’s role in enforcing the statutory restrictions that protect reserved health-profession titles from unauthorized use.