Designated Medical Practitioner Handbook

Designated Medical Practitioner Handbook 2009 (Interim Federal Health Program information was updated in November 2011)

Foreword

Chapter 1: Purpose of the Handbook

Chapter 2: Legislation Related to the Immigration Medical Examination

Chapter 3: The Work of Designated Medical Practitioners

Chapter 4: The Professional Life Cycle of DMPs

Chapter 5: Standards and Guidelines for DMP Performance

Chapter 6: Communication

Chapter 7: Fees for the Immigration Medical Examination

Chapter 8: DMP Performance, Monitoring, Control and Evaluation

Chapter 9: Incidents, Complaints and Dispute Resolution

Chapter 10: DMP Activities in Canada

Chapter 11: Canadian Immigration Medical Examinations

Appendices

• Appendix I: Contact Information
• Appendix II: Guide to the Completion of the Medical Report Forms for Canadian Immigration
• Appendix III: HIV Testing
• Appendix IV: HIV Pre-test Counselling
• Appendix V: HIV Post-Test Counselling
• Appendix VI: Acknowledgment of HIV Post-test Counselling
• Appendix VII: Adult’s Global Assessment of Functioning Scale
• Appendix VIII: Assessment of Activities of Daily Living
• Appendix X: Chart of Early Childhood Development
• Appendix XI: Laboratory Diagnosis of Syphilis
• Appendix XII: Consent to Share Information with Australian, and U.S. Immigration Health Authorities
• Appendix XIII: Application for Appointment as a Designated Medical Practitioner
• Appendix XIV: DMP Acceptance of Appointment Form
• Appendix XV: Sample IFH Certificate Document for Refugee Claimants (IMM 1442B)
• Appendix XVI: IFH Claim Form
• Appendix XVII: IFH Program Rates for Immigration Medical Exams
• Appendix XVIII: DMP’s Acknowledgment of Having Read the Handbook