Your community pharmacy, regardless of its location, is accredited by the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Your community pharmacy is also inspected regularly to ensure that it meets all provincial and federal laws governing dispensaries, drug handling and community pharmacy standards.

All community pharmacy owners, whether they are pharmacists or non-pharmacists, must also meet the same regulations and standards to operate a community pharmacy.

(Hospital inpatient pharmacy departments operate under the auspices of the hospital's management.)

The following staff can be found working in your pharmacy:

Pharmacists: The pharmacist(s) in your pharmacy is a health professional licensed and regulated by the Ontario College of Pharmacists. More information about your pharmacist can be found here

Pharmacy Technicians: Working under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, pharmacy technicians/assistants assist your pharmacist in many aspects of preparing your prescriptions and various other duties in maintaining the pharmacy area.

A number of these technicians have met the standards required to become Certified Pharmacy Technicians and have the title CPhT.

Cashiers, Drivers, Stock people, etc.: Other staff either work in or near the pharmacy area. It is important to know that all of these staff are under the supervision of the licensed pharmacist and must maintain the confidentiality of all patient information that is received in the pharmacy.