Provisions

• Participating in IPCertification or certification renewal constitutes acceptance of IPC’s judgment, in these procedures and an agreement not to challenge the results of any action taken by IPC as a result of these procedures in any court of law.
• All concerned parties shall communicate directly with IPC and NOT through attorneys.
• IPCertification requires that all certified Pilates instructors are held to these Procedures.
• IPC is the sole self-governing authority to resolve ‘Competency Doctrine’ Violations.
• The doctrine of ‘Constitutional Due Process’ or the laws of the State of California do not apply to these Procedures.
• If a Complaint alleges facts that may be subject to civil or criminal law, IPC shall direct the complaint to governing authorities and will not rule on the Complaint.
• Failure to disclose or any misleading disclosure by the ‘Complainant’ or ‘Respondent’ will result in immediate adjudication by The ‘Disciplinary Board’ or The Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ against that person.

Time Restrictions

• The Complainant must comply within a reasonable time period to avoid dismissal of the complaint upon grounds of Time Restrictions.
• The Respondent must comply within a reasonable time period to avoid disciplinary action or dismissal from IPCertification.
• The ‘Disciplinary Board’ and The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ will make adjudication within ninety (90) days from the date of hearing the complaint unless the Board or Committee accepts a request for postponement or extension.

• NO participant of this Disciplinary Procedure may disclose private Information of the involved parties to any non-participant prior to a ruling of the complaint by the Disciplinary Board’ or the ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’.
• All parties understand that that disclosure of Confidential Information to third parties may cause financial loss and/or other cost to any or all the participating parties.
• IPC may apply for and file an injunction against the infringement or threatened infraction of this Confidentiality and the violator agrees to accept all cost incurred by IPC, including but not limited to legal fees accumulated.

• A ‘Complaint’ is defined as a charge of violation of the ‘Competency Doctrine’ against an IPC certified Pilates instructor.
• The ‘Complainant’ is defined as a person or organization that initiate the Complaint.
• The ‘Respondent’ is defined as the IPC certified Pilates instructor whom the Complaint was filed against.
• The ‘Appeal’ is a request to reverse the judgment.
• The ‘Disciplinary Board’ is defined as an IPC Executive Director and three (3) IPCertified Pilates instructors that are not familiar with the Complainant and Respondent.
• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ is a commission of an IPC Executive Director and three (3) IPC certified Pilates instructors that did not participate in or with the ‘Disciplinary Board’ concerning this appeal.

• A ‘Complainant’ must submit to IPC 1) their name, 2) their address 3) all their available contact information 4) the name of the ‘Respondent’ 5) the Respondent’s address 6) all the Respondent’s available contact information 7) complete details of each ‘Complaint’ 8) verifiable information to document support of the ‘Complaint’
• When a ‘Complaint’ is received by IPC, the ‘Disciplinary Board’ will review the submission.
• If the ‘Disciplinary Board’ determines that the ‘Complaint’ is adequate to justify evaluation, the ‘Disciplinary Board’ will notify both ‘Complainant’ and ‘Respondent’ that the review is in progress.

• Within a reasonable time period the ‘Respondent’ may submit a written retort to allegations of the ‘Complaint’ with any documents corroborating his/her position of the allegation(s).
• The ‘Disciplinary Board’ will forward a copy of the Respondent’s initial retort to the ‘Complainant’.

• The ‘Complainant’ may submit a rebuttal that only addresses issues of the Respondent’s initial retort to the ‘Disciplinary Board’.
• The ‘Disciplinary Board’ will forward a copy of that rebuttal to the ‘Respondent’.

• The ‘Respondent’ may submit a final reply that only pertains to matters of the Complainant’s rebuttal to the ‘Disciplinary Board’.

• During the review, the ‘Disciplinary Board’ will decide whether a ‘Complaint’ is accepted or rejected based on substantiated proof concerning the allegations submitted by the ‘Complainant’.
• The ‘Disciplinary Board’ will inform both the ‘Complainant’ and the ‘Respondent’ with
  1) a summary of the charges
  2) their Preliminary decision
  3) the basis of that decision
  4) a notice that ‘Respondent’ may request an appeal, if found in violation of IPC’s ‘Competency Doctrine’ to the ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’.

• The ‘Respondent’ must submit a request for appeal with
  1) his/her name, date of the Disciplinary Board’s conclusion
  2) a reason for appeal
  3) copies of all documents which the appellant believes supports the appeal

• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ shall determine whether or not an appeal will be accepted.
• The Final Decision of the ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ cannot be appealed.
• The Final Decision will include a review, which supports the Decision under appeal.

• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ recommendation cannot be appealed.
• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ may recommend confirmation, reversal amendment or modification of the ‘Disciplinary Board’s decision.
• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ may recommend temporary suspension of the Respondent’s IPCertification status.
  Temporary suspension requires the Respondent to stop representing him/herself as certified by IPCertification during the time of suspension.
• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ may recommend that certification renewal be denied.
• The ‘Disciplinary Appeals Committee’ may deny the ‘Complainant’ requests for copies of the final Decision

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