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Academic Licensure March 30, 2021
Acceptable Alternatives to the LMCC June 24, 2021
Access to Application and Related Documents by Applicants February 7, 2017
Alternative Pathways When Documents Not Available February 7, 2017
Approval of Supervisors for College-Directed Supervision October 20, 2020
Capacity, Competence and Character to Safely Practice Medicine June 27, 2016
Certificates of Professional Conduct – Requirements for Licensure in Nova Scotia December 12, 2019
Certification Requirements for Restricted Licence – Emergency Medicine (ABEM) June 19, 2018
Clinical Assistant Licence June 24, 2021
Clinical Assistant Program May 24, 2019
Clinical Assistant Program – Accreditation May 24, 2019
Clinical Observers June 19, 2018
College-Directed Supervision Framework – Responsibilities and Outline by Level October 20, 2020
Completed Applications for Approval March 20, 2017
Comprehensive Clinical Assessment of Practice: Criteria and Outcomes for Physicians on a Defined Licence May 28, 2021
Continuing Professional Development: Requirements October 18, 2021
Criminal Record Screening December 7, 2017
Currency of Practice Experience April 27, 2021
Defined Licence – Term October 20, 2020
Defined Licence: Requirements and Conditions June 24, 2021
English Language Proficiency March 27, 2020
Examinations Required for a Postgraduate Training Licence October 18, 2021
Framework for the Conduct of a Comprehensive Clinical Assessment of Practice (CCAP) November 5, 2021
Framework for the Conduct of Practice-Ready Assessments – Specialists April 29, 2021
Guidance to Physicians Contemplating a Change in Clinical Scope of Practice December 12, 2019
Guideline for the Conduct of Return to Practice Assessments May 28, 2021
Guidelines for College-Directed Supervision October 20, 2020
Interviewing Applicants May 31, 2016
Medical Specialty List Criteria October 18, 2021
Non-Resident Physicians February 1, 2018
Notification of Complaint to Program Directors Regarding Postgraduate Trainees May 25, 2018
Notification of Complaint to Sponsor and Supervisor May 25, 2018
Observerships for Medical Students June 19, 2018
Original Documentation March 27, 2020
Pathway to Licensure for International Medical Graduates via a Practice Ready Assessment – Family Medicine June 24, 2021
Pathway to Licensure for International Medical Graduates via a Practice Ready Assessment: Specialists and SEAP Status Affiliates (with a primary specialty of Internal Medicine) June 24, 2021
Pathway to Restricted Licensure – American Board Internal Medicine July 24, 2019
Postgraduate Practising Licence – Internal Moonlighting March 27, 2020
Postgraduate Practising Licence (External Moonlighting) May 5, 2017
Re-Entry into Practice and/or Change in Clinical Scope of Practice December 12, 2019
Restricted Licence – Emergency October 6, 2021
Retroactive Licensing March 21, 2017
Sponsor-Only Oversight of a Defined Licence Physician October 20, 2020
Supervision Levels for College-Directed Supervision October 20, 2020
Translation of Documents August 30, 2016
University or School Approved by Council May 25, 2018

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