Health Minister Christian Dubé is proposing a new regulation to further reduce doctors’ paperwork in Quebec. His office says these measures should free up 310,000 medical appointments.

Specifically, the Legault government aims to abolish “the requirement for a medical prescription for reimbursement of services provided by insurers, such as physiotherapy.” Medical consultations for reimbursement of insured assistive devices will also be eliminated, except in exceptional circumstances.

The draft regulation will be published Wednesday in the Official Gazette for a 45-day public consultation period. It stems from Bill 68, adopted in the fall of 2024.

“We are doing everything we can to lighten the workload of doctors so that they can devote more time to patients. This proposed regulation wil

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