Medical Profession

The following is meant solely to help the reader understand the main features of primary regulations governing this activity, and not meant in any way to provide a legal interpretation.

Medical Practitioners Act:

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia is a statutory body established by the Provincial Legislature in 1886.

The College's existence and function are defined by the Medical Practitioners Act and the Rules made under the Medical Practitioners Act.

The College is composed of all physicians registered and licensed in the province and entitled to practise medicine.

The mandate of the College is to protect the public through the regulation of medical practice by licensed medical practitioners and through that mandate to establish and endorse standards for the profession and to monitor, evaluate and, where necessary, discipline its members.

Primary Contact:

College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
400-858 Beatty St
Vancouver BC V6B 1C1
Tel: 604.733.7758
Toll Free: 800.461.3008
Fax: 604.733.3503
Website: https://www.cpsbc.ca/
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/M/96285_01.htm

 
 
Verified: August 2007