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Ministry of Health

Primary Health Care New Patient Declaration

Do not mail this form to the ministry. This form must remain in the physician’s office for audit purposes.

Please complete this form if you are a new patient of a primary care physician and have signed a Patient Enrolment and Consent to Release Personal Health Information form. If you are signing on behalf of a child or dependent adult, and have completed a Patient Enrolment and Consent to Release Personal Health Information form on their behalf, complete the applicable sections below.

Declaration
I am signing on behalf of (check the applicable boxes)

I hereby declare that the patient(s) named below does/do not have a family physician due to one or more of the following circumstances:
(check applicable boxes)
Section A: Patient Information
Section C: Signature and Date
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Section D: Physician Signature and Date
I declare that the above patient is not presently a patient of mine or, to the best of my knowledge, of any other physician in the primary care group with which I am affiliated (if applicable). I also declare that no child listed (if any) is a newborn of any existing enrolled or non-enrolled patient of mine, or to the best of my knowledge, of any other physician in the primary care group with which I am affiliated (if applicable).

I agree to accept the above-noted patient(s) into my practice and to provide ongoing health care to the patient(s) from the date of this document. I will keep this document available on file in my primary office location and will provide copies to the Ministry of Health as required for verification purposes.
🔒 Section D is completed and signed by the attending clinic physician upon medical review and acceptance.
Pending physician acceptance and countersignature