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Sections 2-25, 2-26, 2-27 and Schedule A of the College Bylaws have been updated, effective January 13, 2023.

Dr. Norman Keith Lea has been issued a disciplinary citation pursuant to section 37 of the Health Professions Act. The full notification is available here.

Keep track of new articles from your favourite professional journals with the College library's table of contents service. The library will email you the latest tables of contents from your selected journals for easy review. Place your requests using the library request form or by email.

Schedule A and Schedule C of the College Bylaws have been updated, effective January 3, 2023.

The 2023 annual licence renewal process is now available by logging in to the registrant portal. The deadline for renewal is February 1, 2023, 11:59 p.m. PST.

The College will be closed for the holiday season on the following dates.

Read the November/December 2022 issue of the College Connector.

A registrant has admitted that they breached the limits placed on their practice. The full notification is available here.

The College is currently in the process of creating a public resource that outlines what is acceptable for a physician or surgeon to advertise to the public, and the rules they must follow when doing so.

On November 27, 2022, the BC government announced plans to increase the number of international medical graduates (IMGs) practising in BC by expanding the Practice Ready Assessment program, introducing a new associate physician class of licensure that will allow for some IMGs who are not eligible

Section 1-15(3), section 2-7, and Part 2, Section B of the College Bylaws have been updated, effective November 28, 2022.

On October 19, 2022, the BC Minister of Health introduced new legislation to replace the Health Professions Act, the umbrella statute by which the government has established a common regulatory system for the province's health professions.