Bryan Salte

Bryan Salte, S.O.M.

Associate Registrar and Legal Counsel, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK)

April 27, 2017

Bryan Salte has been the Associate Registrar and Legal Counsel for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan since 1999. His primary responsibilities include general counsel work for the College of Physicians and Surgeons, preparing and presenting discipline cases to the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, drafting bylaws for consideration by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and representing the College of Physicians and Surgeons in court matters. He received his B. Ed. in 1975 and LL. B. 1978 both from the University of Saskatchewan. He was a sessional lecturer in Administrative Law at the Law School, University of Saskatchewan for the year 2003 and as sessional lecturer in Law and Ethics M.B.A. program in Health Administration for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008. He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 2009. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Saskatchewan Branch of the Canadian Bar Association in 2016.

His publications include the book The Law of Professional Regulation and a number of articles and papers on administrative law, especially in relation to professional discipline, the impact of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on administrative tribunals and medico-legal issues.

He is the current chair of the Bylaws Committee of the Canadian Bar Association and immediate past-chair of the Resolutions, Constitution and Bylaws Committee of the Canadian Bar Association.


Role: Panel Member
Report: Medical Assistance in Dying (December 2018)