As a regulated health care profession, the practice of pharmacy is governed through serval provincial and federal legislations and accompanying acts and regulations.
Federal Acts & Regulations
- Cannabis Act
- Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
- Food and Drugs Act (FDA)
- Personal Information Protection Electronic Document Act (PIPEDA)
- Privacy Act
Provincial Acts & Regulations
- Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act (DIDFA)
- Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act (DPRA)
- Narcotics Safety and Awareness Act (NSAA)
- Ontario Drug Benefit Act (ODBA)
- Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)
- Pharmacy Act (PA)
- Public Hospitals Act
- Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA)
- Ontario Regulation 59/94 – Funding for Therapy or Counselling for Patients Sexually Abused by Members
- Ontario Regulation 107/96 – Controlled Acts
- Ontario Regulation 39/02 – Certificates of Authorization
- Ontario Regulation 260/18 – Patient Criteria Under Subsection 1(6) of the Health Professions Procedural Code
- Ontario Regulation 261/18 – Information Prescribed Under Subsection 23(2) of the Health Professions Procedural Code
- Ontario Regulation 262/18 – Prescribed Offences – Health Professions Procedural Code
- Safeguarding our Communities Act (Patch for Patch Return Policy), 2015