News

Read the January/February 2024 issue of the College Connector.

If you plan to apply for registration and licensure to practise independently in British Columbia during the spring and summer of 2024, please note the following timelines are in place due to the high volume of applications expected from graduating residents.

Schedule A and Schedule C of the College Bylaws have been updated, effective January 2, 2024.

The 2024 annual licence renewal process is now available by logging in to the registrant portal. The deadline for renewal is February 1, 2024, 11:59 p.m. PST.

The College will be closed on the following dates.

Read the November/December 2023 issue of the College Connector.

The College Bylaws have been updated to introduce a framework for licensing and regulating of physician assistants (PA) to respond to the urgent need to resource emergency departments in the province.

Read the September/October 2023 issue of the College Connector.

The College Bylaws have been updated, effective October 5, 2023.

On the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, employees and board and committee members at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC are remembering and honouring the victims and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.

The Ministry of Health has asked that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC advance a licensing and regulatory framework for appropriately qualified physician assistants to work under the delegation and supervision of physicians in emergency department settings in BC.