46. Notwithstanding section 14, a candidate who has a letter of eligibility to an examination on 25 May 2006 must take the examination of the specialty or of family medicine before the letter expires.
Once the letter of eligibility expires, a candidate may not take the examination unless he demonstrates that he has kept his knowledge up to date and maintained the required professional skills for which he completed the postdoctoral training or obtained an equivalence recognition for this training.