To qualify for the stipend, you must be actively practising in Nova Scotia (have billings during the period of March 1 prior to the payment up to the time of the payment) and meet the other program eligibility criteria outlined below.

General practitioners – $2,000 per year

• Eligibility as a general practitioner (GP) is established by license.
• To be eligible for a CME support payment, you must maintain a license and have billings or contract-based funding of $100,000 or more in the previous year.

Non-C/AFP specialists – $4,000 per year

• To be eligible for a CPD support payment, you must be a non-C/AFP specialist, maintain a license and have actual fee-for-service billings of $150,000 or equivalent payments through a rural specialty contract in the previous year.

CME verification

The DHW may randomly withhold annual payments from select physicians pending submission of supporting documentation of CPD activities.