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<rsbm>If she becomes a dr. I don't think she can get her license here because she has a criminal record. I don't know that to be fact but I read about it.
Seems to be governed provincially (IMO probably roughly the same in most provinces).
Is it a Crime to Practice Medicine with a Criminal Record?
- It is not a crime in Ontario to practice medicine with a criminal record.
- That being said, members of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario CPSO are asked each year by the college if they have been charged with or convicted of a criminal offence.
from:
CPSO principles and policy re Criminal Record Screening
Policy
- As a requirement of registration all Ontario physicians must submit to a criminal record screen.
- The screen will be completed by running a criminal record check against the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) computerized database at the time of application for a certificate of registration in the province of Ontario, or by receipt of a valid letter of clearance based on a CPIC check conducted no longer than six months before the date of submission of application to the College.
- Criminal record screening is required in the following circumstances:
- For all applicants for a first-time certificate of registration, regardless of class of registration; and
- For CPSO members applying for a transfer in certificate class.
- Positive findings arising from the criminal record screen will be considered for further action by the College based on the following criteria;
- The time period of the conviction;
- The seriousness of the offence; and
- The relevance of the details of the offence to the practice of medicine.
- The cost of conducting the criminal record screen will be borne by the applicant.