Davidson 25:
CFRC may ask for a letter from a civilian specialist...that specialist may need to review your medical history prior to releasing said letter. This is almost always done if there's any question of the applicant not meeting Common Enrollment Medical Standards (CEMS) for reasons such as asthma, allergies, old orthopedic injuries, etc.
I think that most provinces have legislation in place that require medical files be archived somewhere for up to 10(?) years, one issue is that this is now largely done by archiving corporations, who, since they frequently can't get an ongoing payment from a physician who has retired, they charge the patient a hefty fee to retrieve it and ship it.
If you get a copy of it, I strongly suggest you keep it.
Anyone else who's advised their GP is retiring should try to ensure the practice is taken over (files intact) by a successor, or ask for a copy yourself and hang on to it, in this age of dwindling private practice GPs.
Hope this helps,
DF
