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Restricted Certificates of Registration

Policy Category: Registration
College Contact: Registration Inquiries

Downloadable Version(s): Guide to Policy for Restricted Certificates

Enables issuance of a time-limited, restricted certificate to physicians who are missing Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination Parts 1 and 2 , and/or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or College of Family Physicians of Canada certification, but are officially eligible to take these examinations.

Council has passed a policy that allows the College to issue restricted certificates of registration, in certain circumstances, to individuals who have not successfully completed all of the examination requirements.

Candidates who are issued a restricted certificate of registration based on this policy will only practise in prescribed circumstances under monitoring or supervisory arrangements, with accountability to the College for full compliance with the arrangements and for completing all examinations as required.

This policy states that the Registrar may issue a restricted certificate of registration, subject to the following conditions:

1. The candidate will have:
1. first become a physician in another jurisdiction within the five years before application; or
2. completed postgraduate training in Canada.
2. The candidate must have been deemed eligible to take the specialty examinations by the RCPSC or the CFPC if the candidate is deficient in this requirement.
3. The candidate will have established an adequate practice arrangement in Ontario in accordance with our guidelines Monitoring and Supervision of Physicians with a Restricted Certificate of Registration: Guidelines for the Registration Committee.
4. The restricted certificate of registration will expire within a reasonable number of years, not to exceed three years from the date that the restricted certificate of registration is issued; if
1. the candidate does not successfully complete all outstanding MCC examinations; and
2. the candidate does not receive certification by examination by either the RCPSC or by the CFPC.

Candidates will not normally be considered for a renewal of their restricted certificate of registration after the expiration time, but each situation will be considered on its own merits.