M-9, r. 20 - Regulation respecting the terms and conditions for the issuance of the permit and specialist’s certificates by the Collège des médecins du Québec

Section 34 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

34. Is exempted from sitting at the equivalent of an examination component if, for the purpose of the issue of a specialist’s certificate or a certification in family medicine, the candidat has passed the examination of one of the following bodies:

(1)  the College of Family Physicians of Canada;

(2)  the Medical Council of Canada;

(3)  the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, subsequent to an agreement entered into under paragraph 7 of section 86.0.1 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) between the Collège and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada on the harmonization of the examination for the specialty concerned.

Notwithstanding subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph, the candidate who passes the specialty examination before this agreement is reached is also exempted from sitting at the equivalent of an examination component upon presentation of a certificate from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certifying that he has complied with the Maintenance of Certification program or the continuing professional development program.

The candidate who passed the specialty examination before the agreement contemplated in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph is reached and who does not satisfy the conditions contemplated in the second paragraph is also exempted from sitting at one or more examination components if the committee decides that the content of the examination passed was equivalent to that of the components used since the agreement contemplated in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph, and if the candidate demonstrates that he has maintained his professional standards in this specialty.

O.C. 339-2006, s. 34.