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The provincial dictionaries provide consistent benchmarks for medical staff seeking privileges within BC’s health authorities. Practitioners will encounter the dictionaries in AppCentral when applying for privileges.

Dictionary content will be updated in an iterative process. To see current refresh activities, visit the dictionary review hub.

Privileging dictionaries (for reference only)

Adult Cardiology

Download (2015-02) version

Anatomical Pathology

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2013-06) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Anesthesiology

Download (2015-05) version

Cardiac Surgery

Download (2014-12) version

Clinical Immunology and Allergy

Download (2014-12) version

Clinical Practitioner in Oncology

Download (2017-12) version

Critical Care Medicine

Download (2014-12) version

Dermatology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2013-10) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Diagnostic Imaging (including Nuclear Medicine)

Download (2015-04) version

Emergency Medicine

Download (2018-04) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Endocrinology

Download (2014-12) version

Family Medicine/ General Practice

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2015-04) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Family Practice Anesthesia

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Family Practice with Enhanced Surgical Skills

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Forensic Pathology

Download (2013-06) version

Gastroenterology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

General Dentistry & Pediatric Dentistry

Download (2015-02) version

General Internal Medicine

Download (2018-04) version

Download (2015-06) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

General Pathology

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2013-06) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

General Surgery

Download (2017-09) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Geriatric Medicine

Download (2013-10) version

Gynecologic Oncology

Download (2015-04) version

Gynecological Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Download (2015-04) version

Hematological Pathology and Transfusion Medicine

Download (2017-09) version

Download (2013-06) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Hematology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Hospital Medicine

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Hyperbaric Medicine

Download (2014-12) version

Infectious Diseases

Download (2013-10) version

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Download (2015-04) version

Medical Assistance in Dying

Download (2016-06) version

Medical Biochemistry

Download (2013-06) version

Medical Genetics

Download (2014-12) version

Medical Microbiology

Download (2013-06) version

Medical Oncology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Midwifery

Download (2017-09) version

Download (2013-06) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Neonatology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Nephrology

Download (2013-06) version

Neurology

Download (2015-02) version

Neuropathology

Download (2013-06) version

Neurosurgery

Download (2014-12) version

Nurse Practitioner

Download (2017-09) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2015-04) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Occupational Medicine

Download (2015-02) version

Ophthalmology

Download (2015-02) version

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Download (2014-12) version

Orthopaedic Surgery

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2014-12) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Otolaryngology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Pediatric Cardiology

Download (2015-02) version

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Download (2015-02) version

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Pediatric Hematology Oncology HSCT

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Pediatric Nephrology

Download (2013-06) version

Pediatric Respirology

Download (2013-10) version

Pediatric Surgery

Download (2017-09) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Pediatrics

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-10) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Download (2014-12) version

Plastic Surgery

Download (2017-11) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Psychiatry

Download (2018-04) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Public Health and Preventative Medicine

Download (2014-12) version

Radiation Oncology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-03) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Respirology

Download (2013-10) version

Rheumatology

Download (2014-12) version

Surgical Assist

Download (2017-03) version

Surgical Uterine Evacuation

Download (2016-08) version

Thoracic Surgery

Download (2015-12) version

Urology

Download (2018-07) version

Download (2015-02) version

The provincial standard is set by the dictionary with the most current date.

Please note that each health authority will determine their own schedule to implement new or revised dictionaries. Contact your local administration if you have questions about the dictionary in use at your health authority.

Vascular Surgery

Download (2014-12) version