Welcome to the Hospital Appeal Board

This site provides information about the Hospital Appeal Board of British Columbia (HAB), an independent, quasi-judicial appeal tribunal.

The Appeal Board is established by section 46 of the Hospital Act. The HAB provides medical practitioners with an avenue of appeal from hospital board of management decisions affecting hospital privileges.

This website is intended to provide information on the mandate and appeal process of the HAB.  The Appeal Process section provides information on how to initiate an appeal, access to the HAB Rules and Practice Directives, links to the legislation and other resources that may be helpful.

The Reasons for Decision section provides links to current and past HAB decisions.

See the Board Decision Publication Policy for information on the legal requirement for the disclosure of board proceedings.

We respectfully acknowledge that our office is located on the traditional lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) speaking peoples on whose ancestral and unceded territories we offer our services. We recognize that our work extends across the homelands of the Indigenous peoples of what we now call British Columbia.

Contact the Hospital Appeal Board for assistance:

Email: info@bchab.ca (Email is the best way to quickly reach staff)

Phone:
From Victoria: 250-387-3464
Toll Free: contact Enquiry BC at 1-800-663-7867 and request a toll free transfer to connect to this office at the above number.

Representatives are available Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm PDT (except B.C. statutory holidays).

Fax: 250-356-9923

In Person: HAB Office Address – 4th floor of 747 Fort Street, Victoria, British Columbia.

By Mail: PO Box 9425 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1

Please email us or call us prior to visiting our office to ensure the service you are requesting is available.