Authorized Medical Practitioners in New Brunswick

In New Brunswick, you are allowed to claim a range of medical practitioners’ fees for the purposes of the Medical Expense Tax Credit. However, you are not allowed to claim fees from every type of practitioner, and the fees you can claim in New Brunswick vary compared to other provinces or territories.

To optimize the Medical Expense Tax Credit, it is advantageous to claim as many health care expenses as possible. The Canada Revenue Agency allows residents of New Brunswick to claim a range of medical expenses from nursing and other medical professions.

In particular, residents of this province may claim fees from licensed and registered nurses, registered nurses and registered nurse practitioners. However, you cannot claim fees from registered nursing assistants.

However, the CRA does not completely ban New Brunswick residents from claiming fees from assistants and technicians. You are allowed to claim practitioners’ fees related to medical lab technologists and medical radiation technologists.

Finally, if you see a midwife for any type of care, you are allowed to claim these fees on your return, as well as fees from physicians and surgeons.

If you receive specialist care for hearing, speech, breathing or even the way your feet hit the ground, you can likely write off the cost as part of the Medical Expense Tax Credit.

In New Brunswick, you are allowed to claim fees from audiologists, chiropodists, podiatrists, respiratory therapists and speech language pathologists. In addition, if you see a dietitian or a registered nutritionist, these fees are also eligible.

Finally, if you have been in an accident or have a condition that requires physical therapy, you can include fees from your occupational therapist, physiotherapist or physical therapist.

Do you have fees from pharmacists? In New Brunswick, you can include these amounts as well.

Many dental care providers’ fees qualify to be included in this claim. In New Brunswick, dental assistants, hygienists, dental technicians, dental technologists and dentists are all considered authorized medical practitioners. Denturists, dental mechanics and denturologists — who typically provide prosthetics and reconstructive work — also make the list.

If you need vision care, you can write off fees from both opticians and optometrists.

Every year, more alternative health care providers are added to the list of authorized practitioners in Canada. If you live in New Brunswick, you can include fees from chiropractors, registered massage therapists and massage therapists.

Unfortunately, you cannot include fees from traditional Chinese medicine practitioners or other alternative health care providers.

In New Brunswick, psychologists and social workers are considered authorized medical practitioners for the purposes of the Medical Expense Tax Credit. However, you can also include fees from psychiatrists, since they are classified as physicians.