Thank you for your interest in Alberta Health Services.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) regulates the practice of medicine in Alberta. View this document for details on how to obtain your medical practice permit.
You should begin this process immediately as it may take up to 90 days.
At the same time you apply to the CPSA for licensure, you need to apply to the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) to have your medical credentials source verified. The MCC is responsible for assessing the authenticity of the primary medical qualification – the candidate’s medical diploma. Once the diploma has completed the verification process, the MCC can produce an Educational Credential Assessment report.
You should begin this process immediately as it may take up to 100 days to process your credentials.
Before you can begin practice in Alberta, AHS would have to apply and receive a favourable Labour Market Impact Assessment. The next step will be to apply for a work permit. View Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s processes for more details.
You should begin this process immediately.
Once you are licensed with the CPSA, you must apply for CMPA membership to ensure you have medical liability protection. This is a requirement of AHS and must be completed prior to AHS granting clinical privileges.
In the process of granting clinicians access to AHS facilities and resources, Medical Affairs verifies credentials and coordinates clinical privileging.
Medical Affairs will send you an application package for your medical staff appointment and clinical privileges.
View onboard-privileges document for more details.
Under the Protection for Persons in Care Act, Alberta Health Services (AHS) has a legal obligation to ensure that parties engaged in the delivery of care or support services for AHS undergo Security Checks (AHSSC).
Learn more about how to obtain and submit your AHSSC to Medical Affairs.
All practicing physicians require a Practitioner Identification Number (Prac ID#). Alberta Health registers practitioners for claim payment or patient referral purposes. Each physician's office is required to have a facility number. Facility Registration Numbers are assigned to a physical site address; they are not transferable to another location. For more information please visit Claim forms.
Please Note: To avoid errors, the following Government of Alberta forms must be downloaded to your computer and opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of being viewed via the web browser. Right click on the URL and click "Save Link As" to save the file to your desktop.
A Business Arrangement (BA) is an agreement with Alberta Health to establish the arrangement for payment of health services provided. All practitioners registered with Alberta Health must have or be part of a BA in order to claim for services.
Print & Complete the BA form
WCB requires physicians to have a billing number if you will be treating eligible workers.
Application form
The AMA (membership is optional) is the official voice of the medical profession in Alberta. From health reform to health issues - with government, the public, other health providers - the association concerns itself with how Albertans receive care and with the physicians' work environment.
On the national level, the association is a division of the Canadian Medical Association. The AMA is distinct from, and cooperates with, the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta, which is the regulatory, licensing body for physicians.
The Alberta Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association serve members with a wide range of benefits and services that are outlined in the @ your service member guide. Benefits include, but are not limited to, reimbursement for a portion of your CMPA dues, CME and retention benefits.
