Panel Physician program

Panel Physicians, formerly known as Designated medical practitioners (DMPs) play an important role in the immigration process and help Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) protect the health of Canadians by performing immigration medical examinations. CIC is committed to helping Panel Physicians and their assistants perform this function well.

Panel Physicians Handbook

Currently, the Panel Physicians program is undergoing a modernization process including a complete revision of the Handbook. While these revisions are in development, please refer to the 2009 Designated Medical Practitioners Handbook, for information on policies, procedures, and guidelines.

The new Handbook is planned to be released in May 2013.

Immigration Medical Examination forms

All Panel Physicians must perform IMEs using new IME forms as of November 1st, 2012. These new forms have been adapted to reflect changes brought on by eMedical.

• IMM 5743: Client Consent and Declaration (PDF, 547 KB)
• IMM 5419: Medical report (PDF, 1.49 MB)
• IMM 5725: Assessment of Activities of Daily Living (PDF, 630 KB)
• IMM 5727: Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (PDF, 531 KB)
• IMM 5728: Acknowledgment of HIV Post-Testing Counselling (PDF, 520 KB)
• IMM 5733: Instructions for Pregnant Client – X-Ray Deferred (PDF, 569 KB)
• IMM 5734: Specialist’s Referral Form (PDF, 579 KB)
• IMM 5738: Chart of Early Childhood Development (CECD) (PDF, 983 KB)

In anticipation of the publication of the new Panel Members Handbook, we have prepared an extract of the Handbook (PDF, 489 KB) that will instruct Panel Members on how to complete and submit an IME using these new forms.

Immigration Medical Examination Instructions (IMEIs)

In effort to guide Panel Physicians performing IMEs, CIC has created a series of Immigration Medical Examination Instructions (IMEIs).