Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Bill Maurice has been reappointed to the BC Mental Health Review Board for an additional four-year term. He has served on the Board since his formal retirement from the UBC Department of Psychiatry in 2004.
The BC Mental Health Review Board is an administrative tribunal established under the Mental Health Act. The Board consists of more than 90 members who conduct review panel hearings of involuntary patients who are appealing their certification. Each hearing involves 3 Board members: a lawyer (who is also the tribunal chair), a physician (usually a psychiatrist or GP with a mental health special interest), and a community member. The Board conducted nearly 1000 review panel hearings in 2021-2022.