First Approved: July 2017
Last Revised: August 2025
Purpose
All applicants must meet the suitability for registration requirements. [Reference: Clauses 8.(1)2, 3 and 6 of O. Reg. 256/24 General Regulations under Pharmacy Act, 1991]. In addition to a self-declaration regarding their suitability for registration, applicants must provide a police background check.
This policy defines the types of police background checks that may be accepted.
Scope
This policy applies to all applicants applying for a Certificate of Registration in any class.
Policy
The College will accept any one of the following that meets the Decision Criteria below:
- An Enhanced Police Information Check (E-PIC) obtained online through an OCP-approved third party service provider;
- A Police Information Check (PIC) obtained at the applicant’s local Canadian police station; or
- A Police Vulnerable Sector Check (VS) obtained at the applicant’s local police station.
Decision Criteria
The police background check must:
- Have been conducted no more than six months before submitting an application for a certificate of registration with the College); and
- Reveal no positive findings.
Possible Outcomes
If the police background check was completed more than six months prior to application submission, College staff will require the applicant to submit a current police background check.
If the police check reveals positive findings, the application will be referred to a Panel of the Registration Committee for consideration of the applicant’s suitability for registration.