Latest Regulatory Bylaw Updates

Regulatory bylaw 2.8 – Ministerial Licensure

Posted on 11/8/2024
Authorizes ministerial licences to physicians who will practise anesthesiology.

Regulatory bylaw 3.1 – Renewal and Expiration of Licences

Posted on 11/8/2024
Increased clarity on privileging, health-related questions, scope of practice and more.

Rescinded Bylaws

Posted on 11/8/2024
Bylaws 19.2, 20.1 and 32.1 relating to prescribing cannabis, acupuncture and media interactions were rescinded.

Regulatory bylaw 11.2 – Hearing Administrator

Posted on 11/8/2024
Amended to provide for Notices to admit facts or the authenticity of documents

Regulatory bylaw 26.1 Non-Hospital Treatment Facilities

Posted on 11/8/2024
Amandement regarding the performance of shoulder arthrotomies.

Regulatory bylaw 3.2 – The Register

Posted on 11/8/2024
Now allows for physicians to be identified in the register by gender or a non-binary marker.

Regulatory bylaw 19.1 – Standards for prescribing of methadone or buprenorphine for OUD

Posted on 7/3/2024
Physicians must now agree in writing to follow relevant Policies & Standards in order to prescribe.

Regulatory bylaws 2.3-2.6 – Changes to licensure requirements

Posted on 7/3/2024
Regulatory bylaws 2.2-2.6 were amended to authorize a regular licence for American Board-certified physicians.

Regulatory bylaw 2.1 – Categories of licences and permits

Posted on 7/3/2024
Paragraph (b) of bylaw 2.1 was amended to state that eligibility to vote and be elected in Council elections is determined in the administrative bylaws.

Regulatory bylaw 19.1 – Standards for prescribing of methadone or buprenorphine for OUD

Posted on 3/19/2024
The Council amended regulatory bylaw 19.1 to reduce the requirements to be met by physicians prescribing opioid agonist therapy (OAT) as a maintaining physician to palliative patients.

Regulatory bylaw 37.1 – Disclosure of Information in Certificates of Professional Conduct

Posted on 3/19/2024
Bylaw 37.1 sets out the information that is to be included on a Certificate of Professional Conduct (CPC) requested by a registrant to be provided to another medical regulatory authority.  The Council amended the bylaw to state that a direction from

2.3 in 2023 – A recap of bylaw changes relating to Registration!

Posted on 3/19/2024
Changes made to Regulatory Bylaw 2.3, which outlines the non-exemptible standards for licensure.

Regulatory bylaw 2.15 – Eligibility to vote in Council elections and be elected to Council

Posted on 12/18/2023
Bylaw 2.15 rescinded: matters now addressed in administrative bylaws 4.1 to 4.10.