The Board of Directors met on September 15, 2024, and made a number of key decisions including:
- Electing pharmacist Doug Brown as its new Chair and pharmacy technician Connie Beck as its Vice-Chair.
- Electing public directors Adrienne Katz and JP Eskander, and elected director Siva Sivapalan, to the Executive Committee along with the Board Chair and Vice-Chair.
- Initiating an independent third-party governance review that will be guided by the Board. The Board will set the parameters of the review, choose the reviewer and lead the consideration of findings. A special committee was appointed to make recommendations to the Board regarding the review, including carrying out the RFP process and communicating and directing any third party to carry out the wishes of the Board.
- Approving registration-related resolutions listed in Reg. 256/24 under the Pharmacy Act and to rescind registration-related resolutions listed in O.Reg. 202/94, effective October 1, 2024. These resolutions will be used by College staff in processing applications for certificates of registration. The new resolutions will be posted on OCP’s website on or after October 1, 2024 and will be communicated publicly.
- Approving a proposed slate of candidates for all statutory and standing committees.
- Voting not to pass proposed By-Law amendments what would replace Public Directors with Lay Committee Appointees on the Accreditation Committee.
The agenda and meeting materials are available with further details about the discussions.
The Board will convene once again on September 16, 2024, for the second day of their meeting, and a summary of the discussion will be shared in a Board Report to be published later this week.