• Registration as student

• Knowledge of French (M.D. McGill)

• Postgraduate training in family medicine (2 years)
  or
  Postgraduate training in one of the 53 other specialties (4 to 8 years)
  Particular conditions apply for some specialties.
  or
  Recognition of equivalence of postdoctoral training
  
  Application for recognition of equivalence of postdoctoral training is mandatory for all physicians who completed their training in the United States. However, the application for recognition of equivalence in training is not required for candidates who, having begun their training in the United States, come to Québec to complete it. These candidates must, after obtaining a residency position from a Québec university, apply to the Collège des médecins du Québec for a training card.

• Successful completion of examination in family medicine or in a specialty and participation in an ALDO-Québec educational activity

• Licence obtained from the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC)
  However, this requirement does not apply to a resident registered in Québec, before July 1^st, 2009, in a university postdoctoral training program other than family medicine.
  

• A candidate who wishes to obtain a permit to practice and begin his practice must read carefully the following instructions:
• The application for the permit must be submitted at least one month before the date scheduled for the start of practice.
• The fees for a permit are $700, non refundable.
• To obtain the permit to practice between June 1 and August 31, the candidate must submit his application for a permit before May 1.
• When the permit will be issued, the candidate will receive by e-mail the necessary informations to fill out the first registration on the membership roll. He will then receive his permit to practice by mail.
• To access the secured application, the candidate must have a user code and a password. The candidates who hold or have held a training card in Québec for the last 4 years must use their user code (resident number) and their password. The other candidates must contact the Collège des médecins to obtain a user code and a temporary password.
• Email address: demandepermis@cmq.org

1. Fill out the form Application for a Permit to Practice Medicine through the secured Web site of the Collège.
   
2. Fill out the First registration on the membership roll through the secured Web site of the Collège when the Medical Education Division will have provided him with his permit number. The candidate must be registered on the membership roll in order to be authorized to practice medicine in Québec.

Once the candidate is registered, the Collège will transmit the information to the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ).