M-9, r. 26.1 - Regulation respecting medical specialties

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chapter M-9, r. 26.1

Regulation respecting medical specialties

Medical Act

(chapter M-9, s. 3).

Professional Code

(chapter C-26, s. 94, par. e).

DIVISION I CLASSES OF SPECIALTIES

1. The Collège des médecins du Québec recognizes the following specialties:

1°  (paragraph revoked);

2°  Anesthesiology

3°  Medical Biochemistry

4°  Cardiology

5°  Cardiac Surgery

6°  Colorectal Surgery

7°  General Surgery

8°  General Surgical Oncology

9°  Pediatric Surgery

10°  Orthopedic Surgery

11°  Plastic Surgery

12°  Thoracic Surgery

13°  Vascular Surgery

14°  Dermatology

15°  Endocrinology and Metabolism

16°  Gynecologic Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

17°  Gastroenterology

18°  Medical Genetics

19°  Geriatric Medicine

20°  Geriatric Psychiatry

21°  Hematology

22°  Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

23°  Clinical Immunology and Allergy

24°  Infectious Diseases

25°  Emergency Medicine

26°  Pediatric Emergency Medicine

27°  Family Medicine

28°  Adolescent Medicine

29°  Critical Care Medicine

30°  Occupational Medicine

31°  Internal Medicine

32°  General Internal Medicine

33°  Maternal-Fetal Medicine

34°  Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

35°  Nuclear Medicine

36°  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

37°  Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

38°  Nephrology

39°  Neurosurgery

40°  Neurology

41°  Neuropathology

42°  Obstetrics and Gynecology

43°  Gynecologic Oncology

44°  Medical Oncology

45°  Ophtalmology

46°  Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

47°  Diagnostic and Clinical Pathology;

47.1°  Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology;

48°  Hematological Pathology

49°  Forensic Pathology

50°  Pediatrics

51°  Developmental Pediatrics

52°  Respirology

53°  Psychiatry

54°  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

55°  Forensic Psychiatry

56°  Radiation Oncology

57°  Diagnostic Radiology

58°  Rheumatology

59°  Public Health and Preventive Medicine

60°  Urology.

O.C. 914-2010, s. 1; O.C. 835-2015, s. 1; D. 1223-2025, s. 1.

DIVISION II TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL

2. The following specialist certificates issued by the Collège before 25 November 2010 become:

1°  for the specialist’s certificate in endocrinology, the specialist’s certificate in endocrinology and metabolism;

2°  for the specialist’s certificate in gastroenterology, the specialist’s certificate in gastroenterology;

3°  for the specialist’s certificate in obstetrics-gynecology, le specialist’s certificate in obstetrics and gynecology;

4°  for the specialist’s certificate in otolaryngology, the specialist’s certificate in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery;

5°  for the specialist’s certificate in community health, the specialist’s certificate in community medicine;

6°  for the specialist’s certificate in physiatry, the specialist’s certificate in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

O.C. 914-2010, s. 2.

2.1. The following specialist certificates issued by the Collège before 22 October 2015 become:

1°  for the specialist’s certificate in pediatric general surgery, the specialist’s certificate in pediatric surgery;

2°  for the specialist’s certificate in community medicine, the specialist’s certificate in public health and preventive medicine.

O.C. 835-2015, s. 2.

2.2. The following specialist certificates issued by the Collège before 23 October 2025 become:

1°  for the specialist’s certificate in anatomical pathology, the specialist’s certificate in diagnostic and molecular pathology;

2°  for the specialist’s certificate in general pathology, the specialist’s certificate in diagnostic and clinical pathology.

D. 1223-2025, s. 2.

3. Becomes a holder of a specialist’s certificate in family medicine on 25 November 2010, the physician who:

1°  has a permit issued in 1994 or before and is not holder of a specialist’s certificate;

2°  has a permit issued after 1994 and has passed the final examination in family medicine of the Collège des médecins du Québec.

O.C. 914-2010, s. 3.

4. (Omitted).

O.C. 914-2010, s. 4.

REFERENCES

O.C. 914-2010, 2010 G.O. 2, 2934

O.C. 835-2015, 2015 G.O. 2, 2742

D. 1223-2025, 2025 G.O. 2, 3636