Our Health Law Services

We bring over thirty years of experience to the table when helping our clients with complex health law matters. We provide strategic advice on how to navigate the increasingly complex legislative and regulatory landscape that impacts healthcare providers and professionals in Alberta and across Canada. We act on behalf of a variety of clients, providing advice on their operations and assisting with a variety of matters including:

Regulation of the Health Professions

Our lawyers have extensive experience as College counsel, prosecutors in professional conduct hearings, and independent legal counsel to a variety of professional regulatory bodies. Meadows Law is also able to assist professional regulatory bodies with the identification and implementation of Indigenous consultation, accommodation and reconciliation strategies.

Mental Health Law

Our lawyers have extensive experience interpreting the Mental Health Act and applying it in practice. We have been instrumental in developing educational materials that are used throughout the province to explain these requirements. We understand that mental health issues affect human rights, employment, and access to the judicial system, and we are prepared to help organizations and individuals navigate this complex landscape.

Patient safety, quality, and legislative requirements

There are increasing demands on health care providers to ensure that patient safety incidents are properly reviewed, reported and disclosed. We routinely provide advice to effectively fulfill these ever-evolving requirements on a national basis.

Public Policy and Government Relations

Our lawyers have experience supporting colleges, associations and government agencies with policy and legislative review and development across Canada. We understand how policy is developed, and we provide a full spectrum of services in this area, including monitoring legislative and policy development initiatives nationally and internationally, analyzing the impact of new policy or legislative initiatives on client interests and objectives and providing issue-specific advice to policy-makers and legislators.

Research Protocols and Requirements

We provide advice regarding a variety of issues associated with health research, including ethics approval and obtaining the consent of research participants.

Educational Sessions

We have extensive experience providing custom educational sessions to clients on a wide variety of health law topics. We have worked with clients to tailor educational sessions to their particular focus and needs. These educational sessions can be provided in person or through remote learning.

Privacy and Health Information

Health information may be covered by different statutes governing access and privacy including the Health Information Act, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and the Personal Information Protection Act. We have worked on developing policy and legislation in Alberta and other jurisdictions across Canada, and have assisted a variety of clients in the public and private sectors with ensuring compliance with legal obligations and meeting the sometimes competing obligations of privacy and access in this rapidly changing area.