You are eligible to be a host physician in the Rural Specialist Locum Program (RSLP) if you:

  • Maintain Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) specialty certification or are a non-certified specialist with equivalent recognized training in one of the designated core specialties, and eligible to write the qualifying exams.
  • Permanently practice in an eligible Rural Practice Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) community  in a designated core specialty
  • Have 6 or fewer SPs in the same core specialty for A and B communities OR fewer than 4 SPs in the same core specialty for C and D communities. Determination of SP numbers is based on the information provided by each HA for the RRP Flat Fee quarterly confirmations to the Ministry of Health.
  • Maintain hospital privileges in the rural community and actively provide specialty on-call services in one of the following designated core specialty categories: Anesthesia, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, Paediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Psychiatry and Radiology.
  • Practise more than 70km from a nearby major medical centre (MCC) providing those same specialty services. MMCs for the purpose of this program are: Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Victoria, Abbotsford, and Prince George.

A, B, C and D Communities with 4 or fewer SPs in the same core specialty are eligible for up to a maximum of 35 days of locum coverage per year. Each request must be at least two (2) days in duration.

A and B communities with 5 or 6 SPs (including vacancies) in the same core specialty are eligible for up to a maximum 140 days of locum coverage per year, to be shared amongst the community. No one physician may receive more than 35 days per year. Each request must be at least two (2) days in duration.

Note: If you practise in a community that is not part of the RSA, you are not eligible for the RSLP. Contact   to determine your eligibility to post your locum vacancy on their website. 

Host Physician/Clinic Forms

  • RSLP Request for Specialist Locum Assistance

If you are a registered Host Physician or Clinic, please submit your locum request electronically through the system by logging into your LRBC account.

If you are NOT yet registered as a Host Physician or Clinic, please contact the Locum Office via email at info@locumsruralbc.ca to set up an account.