The passing of Bill 21: Safeguarding Health Care Integrity Act, 2014
extends the College’s authority to license and inspect pharmacies
within public and private hospitals, as well as future authority over
institutional pharmacy locations. As a result, the current regulation to
the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act (DPRA), which only
addresses community pharmacy practice, requires amendments. At its June
meeting, having considered feedback during the public consultation,
Council approved the proposed amendments to the DPRA regulations for
submission to government for proclamation. Until proclamation, which
will likely take several months, the current DPRA regulation remains in effect.
It is also important to note that with
the exception of the new authority to license and inspect hospital
pharmacies, the net result of the proposed DPRA regulation changes with
the corresponding supplemental documents is that expectations of
practice will not change when the proposed regulations are
proclaimed and enacted into law.
Read more about the proposed amendments to the DPRA here.
