Resignation and retirement
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Resigning or retiring completely from practice
Registrants looking to retire or resign have the following options:
- Resign from the College register, or
- Resign and keep library access privileges
Refer to the College practice standards and professional guidelines
Registrants must ensure that they clearly and accurately document the location of their medical records.
Switching to the surgical assistant class of registration
Registrants in the surgical assistant class are required to complete the annual licence renewal process and are exempt from continuing competency requirements under section 2-5 of the Bylaws.
Switching to locum services only
To complete a locum tenens, physicians and surgeons must be registered and licensed by the College. As such, they may wish to maintain their full registration.
Learn more about how to reactivate the licence or broaden scope of practice