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NS physicians can now incorporate

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 155: 435

Nova Scotia physicians are legally permitted to incorporate following the recent proclamation of the Medical Professions Corporations Act. The Medical Society of Nova Scotia (MSNS) estimates that 15% to 20% of physicians may incorporate, mostly specialists or those who incur high overhead costs. "Incorporation is not expected to be a great benefit to small family practices," the MSNS announced recently, "because the majority of general practitioners require most or all of their earnings to cover the costs of running a practice and to live." Incorporation is already permitted in Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

| CMAJ August 15, 1996 (vol 155, no 4) |