Medical corporation permit

If you are practising medicine, or intend to practise, under a corporation, you need a medical corporation permit

Medical corporation permits are valid from January through December and must be renewed every year. The cost is $150 the first time you apply.

We recommend that you get legal and tax advice before you set up your corporation. Lawyers and accountants can explain the conditions and requirements that will be placed on your corporation under the Medical Professional Corporations Act.

Set up a medical corporation and apply for a permit

Please follow these steps:

On approval of your application by the Registry of Joint Stock Companies, you or your lawyer must:

When the College approves your medical corporation permit, we will send it to your lawyer or law firm. If you did not use a law firm, we will send the permit to the address you provided on Form A under Registered Office of the Corporation.

Note: You need a permit from us to practise medicine within your corporation. If you do not intend to practise medicine under your corporation, you do not need this permit.

Renew your medical corporation permit

The medical director of your medical corporation must renew the medical corporation permit every year. Permits are valid from January through December.

Renewal of your medical corporation permit is a separate process from your licence renewal. Both occur annually in November.

If you do not renew your permit by December 31, it will expire, and you will not be able to practise medicine under your corporation. Physicians whose practice income flows through the corporation could suffer tax consequences if the medical corporation permit expires.

Steps to renew

  • Visit the College’s Registrant Services.
  • Log in with your email address and password.
  • Go to Renew Your Permit to Practise within a Corporation and follow the instructions. You can save your progress at any time and return to the form using the Save and Pay Later option. Your progress will be saved until the renewal deadline of December 31.
  • Pay the fee using the same online renewal form.

For assistance, email renewalsupport@cpsns.ns.ca.

Important information

Your corporation permit with the College allows you to practise medicine under your corporation registered with the Registry of Joint Stocks. Renewal of your corporation permit is a separate process from your renewal with the Registry of Joint Stocks.

As a medical director of a corporation, you must renew both your medical corporation permit and your licence. This requires completing two separate renewal questionnaires.

Corporate permit renewal fees

DatesNovember 1-30December 1 – 31January
Renewal fees$100.00$100.00$100.00
Late fee–$25.00$25.00
Restoration fee––$100.00
Total$100.00$125.00$225.00

Discontinue your medical corporation permit

If you have decided that you no longer want to operate a medical corporation in Nova Scotia, you must contact the College with the following information:

  • your name
  • your licence number
  • the date on which you will no longer need the corporation permit
  • the reason you no longer need the permit, such as retirement, leaving Nova Scotia, leave of absence, etc.

Call: 902-422-5823 or toll-free: 1-877-282-7767
Fax: 902-422-5035
Email: registration@cpsns.ns.ca

Have questions?

Let us know how we can assist you.

The College acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship. We also acknowledge that people of African descent have been in Nova Scotia for over 400 years, and we honour and offer gratitude to those ancestors.