Undergraduate from ACPE Pharmacy Program

Step 1:

• Pre-register with the College
  • Create an online account
  • Pay the pre-registration fee
  • Submit supporting documentation

Step 2 (optional):

• Register as a Student
  • Obtain personal professional liability insurance
  • Submit police background check
  • Login to your account to apply
  • Pay the student application fee
  • Complete the Declaration of Good Character
• Work as a Pharmacy Student in Ontario
  • Enter/update your practice information for any site where you will be practising as a pharmacy student

Step 3:

• Graduate from your Program*
  • Your status as a pharmacy student registered with the College automatically expires when you graduate. You will no longer be able to practise the authorized acts of the profession until you are registered as an intern or pharmacist.
• Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada
  • Enroll in the Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada (if you have not already done so)
  • The Gateway is administered by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
    • Create a new Candidate Account
    • Pay the enrollment fee
• PEBC Document Evaluation
  • Your education and professional credentials must be evaluated and ruled acceptable as part of the PEBC Pharmacist US Document Evaluation
  • This is administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada

Step 4

• Register as an Intern
  • Obtain personal professional liability insurance
  • Submit police background check
  • Login to your account to apply
  • Pay the intern application fee
  • Complete the Declaration of Good Character
  • The College will confirm your graduation with the Gateway if you have enrolled in it. Alternatively, the College will accept the original or a notarized copy of your degree, or a letter sent directly to OCP from your university certifying that you have been granted a pharmacy degree.
• Practice Assessment of Competence at Entry (PACE)*
  • Successfully complete PACE
  • Login to your account to apply
• Jurisprudence, Ethics and Professionalism Exam*
  • Successfully complete the exam
  • Login to your account to apply
  • Pay the exam fee

Step 5:

• PEBC Qualifying Exam*
  • Successfully complete Parts I and II of the PEBC Qualifying Exam for pharmacists
  • This exam is administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada
  • If you are enrolled with the Gateway, the College will confirm your results with the Gateway
  • If you are not enrolled in the Gateway, you must submit your PEBC number to the College so that your results can be confirmed

Step 6:

• Final application for Certificate of Registration as a Pharmacist
  • Obtain/maintain personal professional liability insurance
  • Login to your account to apply
  • Pay the final application fees
    • Pharmacist final application fee
    • New registrant annual fee
  • Complete the Declaration of Good Character
  • Your police background check must be current to proceed
  • Update your personal and practice information

Time & Cost Estimates

Many of the requirements for registration have expiry dates to ensure that your knowledge, skills and judgment are current at the time of your final application. The Fees & Timelines chart lists all registration-related fees and timelines to help you anticipate the time and costs required to register as a pharmacist in Ontario.

Following graduation from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy program, a person who plans ahead to meet application deadlines and completes the requirements in the minimum time required may complete the process within four months.

Estimated fees paid to the College are $878 plus the annual fee. These fees are outlined in the College By-Laws.

Estimated fees paid to third parties are $3,445 plus the annual liability insurance premium.

*Non-exemptible requirement

If you have questions about the registration process, send an email to registrantservices@ocpinfo.com or phone 416-962-4861 or 1-800-220-1921 ext. 3400.

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