Out-of-province pharmacy technicians added to Ontario's controlled-acts exemption framework

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The regulation now formally defines "out of province pharmacy technician" as a person exempted from Ontario registration requirements under the Pharmacy Act, 1991 who holds the equivalent of an Ontario pharmacy technician class certificate. A new entry in the exemptions table assigns oversight of these individuals to the Ontario College of Pharmacists under the same Pharmacy Act provision that governs out-of-province pharmacists. This means qualifying pharmacy technicians licensed in other Canadian jurisdictions can now perform controlled acts in Ontario under the out-of-province practitioner framework. Pharmacy businesses and staffing agencies that source pharmacy technicians from outside Ontario should verify that those individuals meet the equivalency requirements and are subject to the applicable College of Pharmacists oversight before allowing them to perform controlled acts.

Who this affects: out-of-province pharmacy technicians · Ontario pharmacy operators and employers · Ontario College of Pharmacists · staffing agencies placing pharmacy technicians