Host Physicians – Eligibility

You are eligible to be a host physician in the Rural FP Maternity Locum Program (RFPMLP) if you:

• Be a FP licensed to practice medicine in BC. 
• Be a member in good standing with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC), and the regional HA. 
• Enroll and remain enrolled with the Medical Services Plan (MSP). 
• Provide regular and ongoing intrapartum maternity care services as recognized by the HA and have been granted privileges to practice in that same specialty area in a hospital in a designated ruralcommunity, andactively participate in providing on-call support in the designated core service area.  
• No physician may access the Rural Locum Programs simultaneously.
  

Requesting Services 

• Physicians compensated through MSP and APP contracts may request locums through LRBC, provided they and their community meet the eligibility criteria. 
• Eligible host physicians can request up to a maximum of 35 daysof locum coverage per fiscal year. Each request must be at least 2 days in duration.  
• If the HA deems a position a “job-share,” the physicians sharing the position may be eligible to share the RFPMLP locum days provided they meet the other eligibility requirements.  
• FP maternity services must routinely be provided by the host physician and be required by rural hospitalsin order tobe requested.  
• The ability of LRBC to fill RFPMLP locum requests is subject to the availability of locum physicians and program funding.

Host Physician/Clinic Forms

RFPMLP Request for Locum Assistance (PDF) – Please note that this link will be updated soon.

Complete, sign, and return requests for locum assistance to LRBC by email or fax:

Email info@locumsruralbc.ca or call us toll-free: 1.877.357.4757