Provincial On-Call Programs

Medical On-Call Availability Program (MOCAP)

Doctor of the Day (DoD)

The purpose of DoD program is to:

• Provide the medical care required by orphaned patients including admission to hospital and necessary physician care while in hospital.
• Ensure that general practitioners (GPs) providing doctor of the day coverage are compensated at the agreed rate for being available to provide this service.

While there are no specified response times for DoD, physicians are expected to provide timely and appropriate care for patients.

Wherever possible, health authorities (HA) should ensure physicians participating in a DoD program have obstetrical privileges at the facilities where they provide services.

Where the MOCAP Advisory Committee approves exceptions, the exception requires close monitoring of response time and need over a three-six month trial period. Results will be reported to the Advisory Committee upon completion of the trial period.