Within the limits provided in this document, CF members and other eligible persons will be:
Limitation: Health Services Outside Canada. Eligible persons residing in Canada will not be entitled to routine health services outside Canada.
Note: Consideration will be given for cost recovery for the fees that result from missed appointments.
All Regular Force (Reg F) personnel are covered by the Spectrum of Care (SoC) from the time of enrolment to the effective date of release from the CF. Reserve Force (Res F) personnel are covered only during specified periods of eligibility based on their duty status and the relatedness of their illness or injury to military service (QR&O 34.07).
From time-to-time, other persons may be authorized for specific services or for specified periods of time. Some examples are: visiting military forces, foreign military exchange personnel and their dependants, CF recruit applicants and civilian food handlers.
The SoC committee determines the services to which members are entitled. Entitlement to services is based upon the following five guiding principles:
The spectrum of care consists of six parts:
Access to Health Care will, by necessity, be slightly different from base to base and dependent on: the base role, the size of the military population, the base location, the type and size of facilities available and the number and type of military and civilian Health Care personnel available. The local HCC and Dental Detachment Commander will be responsible to clearly publish any changes to the procedures and routines for accessing both regular and emergency health care.
Access to private medical clinic could be appropriate if there is either a clinical or operational requirement and the process is described in the Enhanced Access Health Care Services.