Licensing policies
The Licence Committee considers applications for licensure with reference to the following policies.
Applications for medical practice
- Academic Class of Licensure
- Alternatives to the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada Designation
- Associate Physicians and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement
- Approved Medical Schools
- English Language Proficiency Requirements
- English Language Proficiency Exemption - Considerations of Exceptional Circumstances
- English Language Proficiency Exemption – Visitor Class
- Change of Scope/Return to Practice
- Identification Documents
- Licensure of Physicians in the Administrative Class for the Provision of Administrative Services and/or Teaching at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
- Licensure of Physicians in the Administrative Class for the Provision of Administrative Services and/or Teaching at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
- Name Requirements
- Provisional Class of Licensure and the Performance of Locum Tenens
- Route to Licensure: Fast-Tracked Licensure
- Subspecialty Recognition
- Translation of Documents
- Validity of Application Forms
Maintaining a licence
- Considerations of Exceptional Circumstances for Licensure
- Continuing Competency Requirements for Podiatric Surgeons
- Guidelines for Supervision of Licensees in the Provisional Class
- Information in the Registry
- Licensure in the Provisional Class and Exam Eligibility
- Licensure in the Provisional Class and the Interpretation of Time Requirements
- Return to Practice in British Columbia
- Supervisor Eligibility Requirements
- Supervisor Eligibility Requirements – Independent Clinical Experiences for Medical Students
- Waiver of Section 81(2) of the Health Professions and Occupations Act for Licensees who Practise in British Columbia and Another Jurisdiction
International medical graduates
- Acceptable Certificates from the United Kingdom
- Alternative Pathway to Provisional Licensure – Practice Ready Assessment
- Associate Physician – Licensure Requirements for Eligibility and Accountability
- Associate Physician Class – Use of Title
- BC Physician Integration Program
- Educational – Postgraduate (Fellow) Class
- Eligibility Requirements for the Restricted Class
- Expectations of Sponsors for Licensees in the Provisional Class
- FMRAC-RCPSC Practice-ready Assessment Route
- Preliminary Assessment of Eligibility for Licensure
- Proof of Authorization to Work or Study in British Columbia – Clinical Observer and Visitor Licences
Recognition of Specialty Training from South Africa - Requirement for a Specialty Certificate for Internationally Trained Physicians
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the Subspecialty Examination Affiliate Program (SEAP)