The Coll猫ge des m茅decins du Qu茅bec聽requires new medical students to submit their own verification of judicial antecedents certificate (also known as a police check or certificate of good conduct, depending on what terms your local police uses), which must have been issued no more than 4 months before you submit it to the CMQ. CMQ registration takes place in September.聽 After MDCM Orientation in August you will receive access to the CMQ secure website where you will upload your police check and any other required registration documents.聽
Note that this is not the 鈥�vulnerable sector鈥� type or equivalent. The CMQ does not have an agreement with any police services in Quebec, which many require in order to process a vulnerable sector check. Several police services have confirmed to our students that they will not perform a vulnerable sector check for the purposes of CMQ registration. However, if you already have a vulnerable sector check that was issued no more than 4 months before registering with the CMQ in September, the CMQ will accept it.
The certificate must be issued by a police service that is authorized by the Centre d鈥檌nformation de la police Canadienne (CIPC) to complete this type of verification. In the majority of cases this is your local police service in the town where you live; or in some cases the RCMP. Please see the CMQ website below if there is not a Canadian organization that can issue you a certificate; you will need to submit proof that your request was refused.
Because obtaining this can take time, we encourage you to begin the process early (while ensuring that the certificate will not be issued more than 4 months before you register with the CMQ in September).聽
IMG 2 year students should start the process as soon as they accept their offer of admission; CMQ registration takes place in April.
Start by contacting the local police service matching your home address and identification documents. Procedures vary from service to service. In some cases you may need to pay a fee.聽
For any other questions, please contact the CMQ directly, as the university does not have any additional information. Note that the CMQ communicates in French.
- CMQ webpage about judicial antecedent verification:
- Contact page for the CMQ:
Links to selected police services:
- Montreal
- Gatineau