The Travel Assistance Program (TAP) helps alleviate some of the transportation costs for eligible B.C. residents who must travel within the province for non-emergency medical specialist services not available in their own community. BC Ferry Corp will honour this discount.
Eligible Medical Specialist Services Include:
- Non-emergency medical specialist services available at the closest location outside the patient's community; and
- Diagnostic procedures, laboratory procedures, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine procedures, BC Cancer Agency, Transplant Units, HIV/AIDS treatment at St. Paul's Hospital, specialty clinics at BC Children's Hospital and other tertiary care hospital services.
To be eligible for TAP as a patient
you must be a B.C. resident and be enrolled in the Medical Services Plan (MSP);
you must have a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner for MSP insured specialist medical services which are not available locally;
- your travel expenses must not be covered by third party insurance, such as an employer plan, extended medical plan, Insurance Corporation of BC, WorkSafeBC or federal government program (e.g. Veterans' Affairs).
Your physician, nurse practitioner, or specialty clinic will provide the TAP form and complete most of it for you. Please note that printed copies of TAP forms will also be accepted.
Telephone TAP before you make travel arrangements to verify your eligibility and receive a confirmation number. Applicants who present forms without confirmation numbers will be refused discounts.
The TAP automated application service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
B.C. (toll-free): 1 800 661-2668
Give the completed TAP form to the ticket booth person at the Chemainus Ferry Dock. More information is here:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/tap-bc/travel-assistance-program-tap-bc
Fire Chief J. Caldbeck
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 8:06AM 
