5.2(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise in the Province within the provisions of this Act and the regulations shall apply for a practitioner number, in accordance with the regulations.

5.2(2)A medical practitioner who is practising in the Province within the provisions of this Act and the regulations immediately before the commencement of this section is not required to apply for a practitioner number.

5.2(3)Subsection (2) includes a medical practitioner who, on the commencement of this section, is being replaced on a locum tenens basis if the medical practitioner was practising in the Province within the provisions of this Act and the regulations immediately before being so replaced.

5.2(4)A practitioner number shall be issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, subject to and in accordance with the regulations.

5.2(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise in the Province within the provisions of this Act and the regulations shall apply for a practitioner number, in accordance with the regulations.

5.2(2)A medical practitioner who is practising in the Province within the provisions of this Act and the regulations immediately before the commencement of this section is not required to apply for a practitioner number.

5.2(3)Subsection (2) includes a medical practitioner who, on the commencement of this section, is being replaced on a locum tenens basis if the medical practitioner was practising in the Province within the provisions of this Act and the regulations immediately before being so replaced.

5.2(4)A practitioner number shall be issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, subject to and in accordance with the regulations.