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Under the Registration Regulation, Council has the ability to approve certain provisions that support the registration process by defining specific requirements. The following resolutions were approved by Council at their December 2011 meeting. All references refer to Part I through VII of the General Regulation (O. Reg 202/94) under the Pharmacy Act.

General requirement Reference in the Regulation Council Resolutions

1. Entry level education - accreditation bodies The applicant has minimum of a baccalaureate degree completed by a program accredited by CCAPP “or by another accrediting body approved by Council for that purpose”

Pharmacist: 6. (1) 1. i. B
Interns: 13. (1) 1. i. B Council approves the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as “another accrediting body” for the purpose of sub-subparagraph 1.i B of subsection 6 (1), and sub-sub paragraph 1.i B of subsection 13.(1)

2. Education – bridging education for international graduates The applicant will have a degree or diploma and have completed “a program that, at the time the applicant commenced it was approved by Council as one whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, judgment at least equal to those of current graduates of a program referenced in…”

Pharmacists: 6. (1) 1. ii. A
Interns: 13. (1) 1. ii. A
Council approves the University of Toronto, International Pharmacy Graduate Program as “a program whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, and judgment at least equal to those current graduates of a program referenced in sub-subparagraph 1.i. B of subsection 6 (1) and subsection 13 (1)” for the purpose of sub-subparagraph 1. ii A of subsection 6 (1) and subsection 13 (1).

3.

Education – time-limited transition bridging for pharmacy technician applicants already “in the profession”

The applicant will have successfully completed “a program before January 1, 2015 that, at the time the applicant commenced [it] was approved by the Council as one whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, and judgment at least equal to a current graduate of a program referred to in…”

Technicians: 16. (1) 1. iii Council approves the Bridging Education Program for Pharmacy Technicians (developed by CONNECT Strategic Alliance) as administered by those Community Colleges accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs, as “a program whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, and judgment at least equal to a current graduate of a program referred to in subparagraph 1.i. of subsection 16 (1)” for the purpose of subparagraph 1. iii of subsection 16(1)

4. Eligibility to commence the transition bridging program In order for the Bridging program referred to for the transition group to be accepted the applicant will have “successfully completed,
a) The OCP certification exam
b) The PEBC evaluating exam for pharmacy technicians or,
c) “another examination approved by Council”

Technicians: 16. (9) (c) Council approves the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board of Alberta certification exam that was available until June 30, 2008 and the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada Pharmacists Evaluating Exam as “another examination” for the purpose of paragraph (c) of subsection 16 (9)

5. OCP Jurisprudence Exam An applicant must have “successfully completed an examination in pharmaceutical jurisprudence approved by Council for applicants for a certificate of registration”.
Pharmacists: 6. (1) 2,
Technicians: 16. (1) 2 Council approves the College’s Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacists as developed in accordance to the Council approved blueprint, as “an examination in pharmaceutical jurisprudence” for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 6 (1)

Council approves the College’s Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacy Technicians as developed in accordance to the Council approved blueprint, as “an examination in pharmaceutical jurisprudence” for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 16 (1)

6. Structured Practical Training (SPT) An applicant must have successfully completed a structured practical training program approved by the Council.

Internship 6. (1) 3

Studentship:13. (1) 2

Technician: 16. (1) 3 Council approves the Structured Practical Training Program administered by OCP for a minimum of 12 weeks or such longer period of time as is required to complete the defined activities and demonstrate intern-level competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacists at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) or, such portion of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists’ Hospital Residency Program as is required to be considered equivalent to the College’s Structured Practical Training Program and to demonstrate competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacists at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 3. of subsection 6. (1)

Council approves the Structured Practical Training Program administered by OCP for a minimum of 12 weeks or such longer period of time as is required to complete the defined activities and demonstrate student-level competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacists at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 13. (1).

Council approves the Structured Practical Training Program for Pharmacy Technicians as administered by OCP for a minimum of 12 weeks or such longer period of time as is required to complete the defined activities and demonstrate competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacy Technicians at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 16. (1)

Council approves the College’s Structured Practical Evaluation (SPE) Program (Independent Double Check) in conjunction with successful completion of the Bridging Education Program for Pharmacy Technicians (developed by CONNECT Strategic Alliance) administered by those Community Colleges accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs, as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 16. (1)

7. SPT – recognized within a program “With the approval of Council, all or any part of a structured practical training program referred to in….may be completed as part of a program referred to in….”
Pharmacist: 6. (2) re- internship

Intern 13 (3) re – studentship

Council approves, for the purpose of subsection 6 (2) the post graduate doctoral pharmacist degree programs offered in Canada and accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs as “a program referred to in paragraph 1 of 6 (1)” that meets all the requirements of the structured practical training program referred to in paragraph 3 of subsection 6 (1).

Council approves, for the purpose of subsection 13. (3), that the first degree pharmacist education programs accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs or the Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education as “a program referred to in paragraph 1 of 13 (1)” that meets all of the requirements of the structured practical training program referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection 13 (1).

8. PEBC Qualifying Exam The applicant must have successfully completed the qualifying examination of the PEBC for pharmacists “at a time when the examination was approved by the Council…”
Pharmacists: Section 6. (1) 4 Council approves the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada Pharmacist Qualifying Examination, as having first been approved by Council in 1975, and as revised from time to time, for the purpose of paragraph 4 of subsection 6. (1)

	General requirement	Reference in the Regulation	Council Resolutions
1.	Entry level education - accreditation bodies	The applicant has minimum of a baccalaureate degree completed by a program accredited by CCAPP “*or by another accrediting body approved by Council for that purpose*” Pharmacist: 6. (1) 1. i. B Interns: 13. (1) 1. i. B	Council approves the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as “another accrediting body” for the purpose of sub-subparagraph 1.i B of subsection 6 (1), and sub-sub paragraph 1.i B of subsection 13.(1)
2.	Education – bridging education for international graduates	The applicant will have a degree or diploma and have completed “a program that, at the time the applicant commenced it was approved by Council as one whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, judgment at least equal to those of current graduates of a program referenced in…” Pharmacists: 6. (1) 1. ii. A Interns: 13. (1) 1. ii. A	Council approves the University of Toronto, International Pharmacy Graduate Program as “a program whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, and judgment at least equal to those current graduates of a program referenced in sub-subparagraph 1.i. B of subsection 6 (1) and subsection 13 (1)” for the purpose of sub-subparagraph 1. ii A of subsection 6 (1) and subsection 13 (1).
3.	Education – time-limited transition bridging for pharmacy technician applicants already “in the profession”	The applicant will have successfully completed “a program before January 1, 2015 that, at the time the applicant commenced [it] was approved by the Council as one whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, and judgment at least equal to a current graduate of a program referred to in…” Technicians: 16. (1) 1. iii	Council approves the Bridging Education Program for Pharmacy Technicians (developed by CONNECT Strategic Alliance) as administered by those Community Colleges accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs, as “a program whose graduates should possess knowledge, skill, and judgment at least equal to a current graduate of a program referred to in subparagraph 1.i. of subsection 16 (1)” for the purpose of subparagraph 1. iii of subsection 16(1)
4.	Eligibility to commence the transition bridging program	In order for the Bridging program referred to for the transition group to be accepted the applicant will have “successfully completed, a) The OCP certification exam b) The PEBC evaluating exam for pharmacy technicians or, c) “another examination approved by Council” Technicians: 16. (9) (c)	Council approves the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board of Alberta certification exam that was available until June 30, 2008 and the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada Pharmacists Evaluating Exam as “another examination” for the purpose of paragraph (c) of subsection 16 (9)
5.	OCP Jurisprudence Exam	An applicant must have “*successfully completed an examination in pharmaceutical jurisprudence approved by Council for applicants for a certificate of registration”.* Pharmacists: 6. (1) 2, Technicians: 16. (1) 2	Council approves the College’s Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacists as developed in accordance to the Council approved blueprint, as “an examination in pharmaceutical jurisprudence” for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 6 (1) Council approves the College’s Jurisprudence Examination for Pharmacy Technicians as developed in accordance to the Council approved blueprint, as “an examination in pharmaceutical jurisprudence” for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 16 (1)
6.	Structured Practical Training (SPT)	An applicant must have successfully completed a *structured practical training program approved by the Council.* Internship 6. (1) 3 Studentship:13. (1) 2 Technician: 16. (1) 3	Council approves the Structured Practical Training Program administered by OCP for a minimum of 12 weeks or such longer period of time as is required to complete the defined activities and demonstrate intern-level competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacists at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) or, such portion of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists’ Hospital Residency Program as is required to be considered equivalent to the College’s Structured Practical Training Program and to demonstrate competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacists at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 3. of subsection 6. (1) Council approves the Structured Practical Training Program administered by OCP for a minimum of 12 weeks or such longer period of time as is required to complete the defined activities and demonstrate student-level competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacists at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 13. (1). Council approves the Structured Practical Training Program for Pharmacy Technicians as administered by OCP for a minimum of 12 weeks or such longer period of time as is required to complete the defined activities and demonstrate competence in accordance with the Professional Competencies for Canadian Pharmacy Technicians at Entry to Practice (NAPRA, 2007) as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 16. (1) Council approves the College’s Structured Practical Evaluation (SPE) Program (Independent Double Check) in conjunction with successful completion of the Bridging Education Program for Pharmacy Technicians (developed by CONNECT Strategic Alliance) administered by those Community Colleges accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs, as “a structured practical training program” for the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 16. (1)
7.	SPT – recognized within a program	“*With the approval of Council, all or any part of a structured practical training program referred to in….may be completed as part of a program referred to in….”* Pharmacist: 6. (2) re- internship Intern 13 (3) re – studentship	Council approves, for the purpose of subsection 6 (2) the post graduate doctoral pharmacist degree programs offered in Canada and accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs as “a program referred to in paragraph 1 of 6 (1)” that meets all the requirements of the structured practical training program referred to in paragraph 3 of subsection 6 (1). Council approves, for the purpose of subsection 13. (3), that the first degree pharmacist education programs accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs or the Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education as “a program referred to in paragraph 1 of 13 (1)” that meets all of the requirements of the structured practical training program referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection 13 (1).
8.	PEBC Qualifying Exam	The applicant must have successfully completed the qualifying examination of the PEBC for pharmacists “*at a time when the examination was approved by the Council…”* Pharmacists: Section 6. (1) 4	Council approves the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada Pharmacist Qualifying Examination, as having first been approved by Council in 1975, and as revised from time to time, for the purpose of paragraph 4 of subsection 6. (1)