Regulation #2

Registration and Licensing

 

1.       For all purposes under the Act and Regulations, an applicant for registration is eligible for entry on the Medical Register and licensed to
          practise on a Full or Locum basis if they are a graduate of a medical or osteopathic medical school approved by Council and are:

          a.  Certified in Family Practice by the College of Family Physicians of Canada or le Collège des médecins du Québec;

          b.  Certified in a specialty by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or le Collège des médecins du Québec.

2(1)   In cases of demonstrated need as judged by Council, an applicant may be eligible for entry on the Medical Register and licensed to
          practice on a Defined or Defined Locum basis if they are a graduate of a medical or osteopathic medical school approved by Council, are  
          a Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada, and have successfully completed a period of acceptable pre-registration training of not less
          than two years, which will have adequately prepared the applicant for practice in the setting and circumstances intended, and which
          requirement may be abridged at the discretion of Council.

2(2)   For purposes of paragraph 2(1), except in exceptional circumstances as judged by the Council, satisfactory pre-registration training as
          required under this Regulation shall be undertaken in an accredited program in Canada or the United States.

2(3)   Nothing in this section affects the status of a physician otherwise eligible for full licensure on January 1, 1993.

3.       In cases of demonstrated need as judged by Council an applicant may be eligible to practice on a Defined or Defined-Locum basis if they
          are a graduate of a medical or osteopathic medical school approved by Council and:  

         
           a.  are licensed, or eligible for licensure, without significant restriction, with a medical regulatory authority in another province or territory of
                Canada;

           b.  are licensed, or eligible for licensure, without significant restriction, with a medical regulatory authority in the United States; 

           c.  have been registered and licensed on the Regulated Licences Register under the previous regulation, or are otherwise, at the sole
                discretion of Council, deemed eligible for registration; or 

           d.  have completed an acceptable program of satisfactory pre-registration training, have successfully completed Part I of the Qualifying
                Examination of the Medical Council of Canada, and are eligible to take Part II of the Qualifying Examination of the Medical Council of
                Canada, but such registration shall terminate one year from the date of such eligibility unless special permission is granted by the
                Council.

4.       Applicants may be licensed on the Medical Register for the occasional practice of medicine in New Brunswick with a "Border Area
          Licence" if they are licensed, in good standing, and resident in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or Maine.

5.       Applicants may be licensed on the Medical Register to provide bona fide consulting services for a hospital, commission, institution, or
          similar agency with a “Courtesy Licence” if they are licensed, and in good standing, in another jurisdiction acceptable to Council.

 

Adopted 12/83; replaced 6/93; amended 11/95, 4/97, 11/97; consolidated 2/99; replaced 6/09; amended 8/10

 

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