Graduate from ACPE Pharmacy Program

• Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada
  • Enroll in the Pharmacists’ Gateway Canada
  • The Gateway is administered by the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities
    • Create a new Candidate Account
    • Pay the enrollment fee
  • Once you have enrolled with the Gateway, you may select Ontario as your provincial regulatory authority from your Gateway file.
  • The College will confirm your graduation with the Gateway and create your OCP account; you do not have to pay the College’s initial application fee.

Step 2:

• 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 3:

• 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
• 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 online
  • Pay the exam fee

Step 4:

• PEBC Qualifying Exam*
  • Successfully complete Parts I and II of the PEBC Qualifying Exam for pharmacists
  • You may complete this exam at any point after you have completed Step 2
  • This exam is administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada
  • The College will confirm your results with the Gateway

Step 5:

• 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 $364 plus the annual fee. These fees are outlined in the College By-Laws.

Estimated fees paid to third parties are $3,425 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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