Pharmacy professionals are authorized under the Pharmacy Act, 1991 and O. Reg. 245/24 to perform the controlled act of piercing a patient’s dermis with a lancet-type device to obtain blood for the following purposes:
- Demonstrating the appropriate use of lancet-type devices for:
- The patient’s self-care and education, or
- The patient’s self-monitoring of their chronic disease
- Administering a point-of-care test (POCT) if:
- The test is listed in subsection 28 (2) of O. Reg. 45/22 under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act, 1990 (LSCCLA), and
- It is performed exclusively to assist patients with the management of their medication to treat chronic disease.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
As authorized under the Pharmacy Act, 1991 and enabled by the LSCCLA, Part A pharmacists, interns, Part A pharmacy technicians, and intern technicians can administer the following POCTs:
- Glucose
- Hemoglobin A1C
- Lipids
- Prothrombin time and International Normalized Ratio (INR)