Starting a new corporation
Determine your eligibility
An eligible registrant must be
- a practising registrant registered in the full, special, osteopathic, provisional, academic, administrative, conditional or restricted class of registration, or
- at the discretion of the registrar, a retired-life registrant.
Medical corporation names
Review the College Bylaw corporate name requirements
The corporate name requirements are outlined in section 6-4 of the College Bylaws.
The College requires necessary punctuation for abbreviations in corporation names. Potential name formats are:
- Dr. John Smith Inc.
- Dr. John Smith MD Corp.
- Dr. John Smith MB ChB Corporation
- Dr. John Mark Smith Incorporated
- Dr. J. Smith Professional Corporation
- Dr. J.M. Smith Professional Medical Corporation
- Dr. J. Mark Smith ULC
- John Smith MD Unlimited Liability Company
Reserve your name on BC Registries
You must submit a request to BC Registries and Online Services to reserve the name of your medical corporation.
This request will be valid for 56 days. We recommend you make the name approval request shortly before submitting your application to the College.
Applying for the permit
Pursuant to section 6-3(1)(c) of the College Bylaws, a lawyer who is licensed and practising in Canada must represent a registrant during the medical corporation permit application process.
Email the completed application form
Email with all required signatures (electronic signatures are acceptable) to pmcapp@cpsbc.ca.
Do not submit applications by mail or fax. The College does not process applications received by mail or fax, or accept payment by cheque or money order.
Processing timeline
The estimated processing time is approximately four weeks from the date of the receipt of the application. This is subject to change depending on the volume of applications.
How it works
An eligible registrant must be
- a practising registrant registered in the full, special, osteopathic, provisional, academic, administrative, conditional or restricted class of registration, or
- at the discretion of the registrar, a retired-life registrant.
Submit your medical corporation permit application and other necessary supporting documents and forms, and pay the application and permit fees.
If the application is complete, written consent will be provided in order to facilitate incorporation.
Forms and instructions on how to incorporate can be found on the Government of BC website with legal counsel’s instruction.
Submit all relevant post-incorporation documents and information in support of the application. The permit will be issued if these documents and information are complete and meet the requirements under the HPA and Bylaws.
The medical corporation permit authorizes the corporation to operate as a health profession corporation. This is effective on the date the permit issued.
Fees
The fees are based on the College's fiscal year, which starts on March 1 and ends on the last day of February the following year.
The fees (non-taxable) applicable to medical corporations are set out in Schedule A of the Bylaws.
- Application processing fee: C$350 per registrant
- Annual permit fee: C$135 per corporation
- Duplicate copy of the permit, if lost: C$50
Online payment
Once the application is processed, we will email instructions on how to pay the fees to the corporation primary shareholder and the associated legal counsel. The email will contain the unique corporation account number and instructions on how to pay online.
The College no longer accepts cheque or money order. Any received cheque or money order will be mailed back.
Do you have the corporation account number?
How long is the permit valid for?
The permit is valid for one fiscal year. The College’s fiscal year ends on the last day of February. You will need to renew your permit each year in January.