Federal form
Canada Child Benefit paperwork — medical information
RC66 is CRA’s Canada Child Benefits Application. RC66 SCH is a schedule — Status in Canada / Statement of Income — used with that application when CRA needs immigration-status or income information for certain people in the household. Neither document is a medical form. Families sometimes bring the package to clinic because a child has a disability or because a school or caseworker said “get the doctor to fill the CRA papers.” Do not invent clinical fields on RC66 or RC66 SCH. The medical work for a child with a severe impairment is Form T2201, which underlies the Child Disability Benefit.
What RC66 and RC66 SCH actually are
RC66 is how a parent or guardian applies for Canada Child Benefit and related federal/provincial child-benefit programs CRA administers. RC66 SCH is a schedule to that application: status in Canada and a statement of income for a person who is not the applicant in the way CRA defines — not a list of diagnoses, not a functional assessment, not a school medical.
Download current PDFs from CRA (forms RC66 and RC66 SCH). The forms are revised. Do not complete a 2016 scan from a settlement-agency binder. If the family only has a My Account printout, that is still not a medical certificate.
You are not the tax filer
Immigration status, SIN, and household income are the family’s (and CRA’s) business. Do not fill those boxes because you have a billing number. If a line on the paper in front of you is not a clinical question, leave it to the applicant.
When clinic is involved at all
- Child Disability Benefit: paid when the family already gets CCB and the child is eligible for the Disability Tax Credit. The medical form is T2201 for the child — not RC66 SCH.
- A letter confirming a child’s identity, date of birth, or that you provide care — only if CRA or the family asked for that letter, and only facts you can support.
- A school or immigration medical that someone mislabelled as “the CCB form.” Open the actual PDF and see what it is.
- Do not certify RC66 SCH income figures from a chart. You do not have their T4.
If the package is genuinely T2201 mixed with RC66, complete T2201 as a medical practitioner and hand RC66 back to the parent. Mixing them in one sitting is how a diagnosis ends up in an income schedule.
How to handle the visit without inventing fields
- Identify the form code on the footer. RC66, RC66 SCH, T2201, and a provincial disability form are four different jobs.
- If it is T2201, complete Part B with age-appropriate function. See the Child Disability Benefit and T2201 pages.
- If it is only RC66 / RC66 SCH, explain that you do not complete those schedules. Offer to complete T2201 if they are applying for DTC/CDB and the child may meet the test.
- If they need a brief factual letter (you are the child’s physician, DOB as on the chart), write a letter — not a fake RC66 medical section.
- Fees: T2201 is billed to the family unless clinic policy says otherwise. Do not bill CRA for RC66.
Worked example (fictional)
Clinic visit — RC66 SCH in the envelope, T2201 actually needed
Fictional 8-year-old. Do not copy into a real CRA file.
Family brought RC66 and RC66 SCH because a settlement worker said “disability papers for the child benefit.” RC66 / RC66 SCH: returned unsigned. I do not complete status-in-Canada or income schedules. Clinical issue: child with moderate intellectual disability, needs prompting for safety and self-care compared with age. Family wants CDB. I completed T2201 Part B (mental functions, age-appropriate examples) and told them CDB follows DTC approval if they already receive CCB. I did not add diagnoses onto RC66 SCH. I am the paediatrician. Copy of T2201 in the chart. No CRA medical fields exist on RC66 SCH to invent.
Why this goes wrong
- Writing diagnoses on RC66 SCH.
- Treating RC66 as T2201.
- Certifying household income.
- A school immunization form stapled to CCB and called “the government medical.”
- Promising CDB amounts. Amounts depend on family net income — not a medical question.
Search the real CRA PDF, then complete only the medical one
In Scribeberry, open Forms, search for T2201, Child Disability Benefit, RC66, or upload the PDF the family brought. If it is RC66 or RC66 SCH, do not invent medical boxes. If it is T2201, generate from the encounter and your notes, then review every field before you sign. Scribeberry does not pre-map these forms. The clinician still certifies medical content only. Scribeberry does not file with CRA.
Frequently asked questions
Is RC66 SCH a medical form for a child with a disability?
No. RC66 SCH is a CRA schedule about status in Canada and income. The medical form for the Child Disability Benefit is T2201 for the child.
Can I just write a letter on RC66?
Do not annotate RC66 with clinical findings. If CRA asked for a letter, write a letter with facts you can support. If they need DTC, complete T2201.
Does CCB require a doctor’s signature?
The CCB application itself is the parent’s. A physician signature is not how CCB is granted. CDB requires a valid DTC, which requires T2201 Part B.
Does Scribeberry file RC66 with CRA?
No. Scribeberry can help you complete a medical PDF such as T2201 from clinical context. The family files CCB paperwork with CRA. You keep copies of whatever you actually signed.
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