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Comparison of B.C. Licence Levels to Licence Levels of Other Provinces in Canada

The Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI do not issue Emergency Medical Responder licenses.

The following Table applies to an Emergency Medical Responder (or equivalent) coming from one of the other provinces to B.C.

	PROVINCE
CANDIDATE FROM	AB, MB, NL	SK

IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING LICENSE	EMR	EMR subject to the following

NOCP competency requiring further training and/or assessment		4.1 a, b (Triage)
Accommodation measure April 1, 2009		Non material requirement Continuing Medical Education requirement Completed in one year from time of licensure Course: To be determined by Regulator

The following Table applies to a Primary Care Paramedic (PCP), or equivalent, coming from one of the other provinces to B.C.

	PROVINCE
CANDIDATE FROM	AB, NL	SK, MB, NB, NS, ON	QC	PEI

IS ELIGIBLE TO FOR THE FOLLOWING LICENSE	PCP (Intravenous) subject to the following	PCP subject to the following	PCP subject to the following	PCP (Intravenous) subject to the following

NOCP competency requiring further training and/or assessment			4.4c (Conduct non-invasive temperature monitoring.)	5.8c (Adm meds through IM injection)
Accommodation measure April 1, 2009			Non material requirement: Continuing Medical Education requirement Completed in one year from time of licensure Course: To be determined by Regulator	Non material requirement: Issue restricted license Identify a refresher course (To be determined by Regulator) Assess skill to remove restriction No timeline required

Medications requiring further training and/or assessment	Narcan Nitrous Oxide Benadryl	Narcan (SK, MB, NS, ON) Nitrous Oxide (SK, ON, NS, NB) Benadryl (SK, ON, NS) Glucagon and Ventolin (SK)	Narcan Nitrous Oxide Benadryl	Narcan Nitrous Oxide Benadryl
Accommodation measure April 1, 2009	Non material requirement: Issue restricted license for specific medications Identify a refresher course (To be determined by Regulator) Assess knowledge to remove restriction Completed in one year from time of licensure

The Provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick do not issue Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) licenses.

The following Table applies to an Advanced Care Paramedic (or equivalent) coming from one of the other Provinces to B.C.

	PROVINCE
CANDIDATE FROM	AB, MB, ON, PEI, NL	SK	NS

IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING LICENSE	ACP	ACP subject to the following	ACP subject to the following

NOCP competency requiring further training and/or assessment		5.1k (Needle Cricothyroidotomy) 5.1l (Surgical Cricothyroidotomy) 5.5t (Conduct oral and nasal gastric tube insertion)	5.5t (Conduct oral and nasal gastric tube insertion)
Accommodation measure April 1, 2009		Non material requirement: Issue restricted license Identify a refresher course (To be determined by Regulator) Assess skill to remove restriction Completed in one year from time of licensure

The Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick and PEI do not issue Critical Care Paramedic licenses.

The following Table applies to a Critical Care Paramedic coming from one of the other provinces to B.C.

	PROVINCE	PROVINCE
CANDIDATE FROM	NS, NL	ON

IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING LICENSE	ACP	Data Pending Please contact Registrar

NOCP competency requiring further training and/or assessment		Pending Data

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