Credentialing and privileging
How to appoint new medical staff
All medical staff in accredited facilities in BC must undergo an appointment process. Privileges are requested by the medical staff to the facility’s medical director.
Medical staff (physician, dentist or podiatrist):
- Submit the following to the medical director:
Medical director:
- Review the application form and supporting documents submitted by the medical staff according to the checklist.
- If the medical staff is appointed, email the following to nhmsfap@cpsbc.ca:
Once the medical director has submitted the completed forms to the NHMSFAP, the medical staff can begin practising at the non-hospital facility at the medical director’s discretion.
A response from the NHMSFAP is not required.
Medical staff (physician, dentist, or podiatrist):
- Submit the following to the medical director:
Medical director:
- Review the application form and supporting documents submitted by the medical staff according to the checklist.
- Email the following to nhmsfap@cpsbc.ca:
- All of the above documents submitted by the medical staff
- Notification of New Medical Staff Appointment Form
- Appropriate procedures list(s)
Medical staff (physician):
- Submit the following to the medical director:
- application form
- appropriate procedures list(s)
- supporting documents
Medical director:
- Review the application form and supporting documents submitted by the medical staff according to the checklist.
- If the medical staff is appointed, email the following to credentialing@cpsbc.ca:
Once the medical director has submitted the completed forms to DAP, the medical staff can begin practising at the accredited facility at the medical director’s discretion.
A response from DAP is not required.
Credentialing for physicians at any health authority facility is performed by the health authority’s medical affairs office. This includes assessing eligibility for MSP billings for restricted services within health authority facilities.
For more information, contact the health authority's medical affairs office.
Applications for appointment and all supporting documentation must be submitted to the facility’s medical director.
For billing MSP-restricted diagnostic services and procedures
The Advisory Committee on Diagnostic Facilities is a committee of the Medical Services Commission. The committee is supported by the Ministry of Health's diagnostic services program.
The committee and the Ministry of Health's diagnostic services program are separate from CPSBC and DAP. While DAP is responsible for facility accreditation, the committee is responsible for reviewing applications related to MSP billing approval for restricted outpatient diagnostic services. The committee has delegated authority by the Medical Services Commission to review and approve applications.
For more information about the committee and the application process, please visit the Ministry of Health website.
For committee-related inquiries, email DFAdmin@gov.bc.ca.