Activity | Province/territory | ||||||||||||
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BC | Alta. | Sask. | Man. | Ont. | Que. | NB | NS | PEI | NL | NWT | YT | Nunavut | |
Provide emergency prescription refills | I | I | I | P | I | I* | I | I | I | I | I | X | X |
Renew/extend prescriptions | I | I | I | I† | I | I*‡ | I | I | I | I | I | X | X |
Change drug dosages or formulations | I | I | I | P | I | I‡§ | I | I | X | I | X | X | X |
Make therapeutic substitutions | I | I | I | X | X | I‡§ | I | I | X | X | X | X | X |
Prescribe for minor ailments | X | X | I | X | X | P | P | I | X | X | X | X | X |
Initiate prescription drug therapy | X | I | I¶ | P | I** | I§ | I†† | I¶ | X | X | X | X | X |
Order and interpret labratory tests | X | I | X | P | P | I‡§ | I | P | X | X | X | X | X |
Administer drugs by injection | I | I | X | P | I‡‡ | P | I | P | X | X | X | X | X |
Note: I = implemented in jurisdiction, P = pending legislation, regulation or policy, X = not implemented.
↵* Not specifically identified in Quebec’s pharmacy act. These scope of practice activities are enabled by means of administrative agreements between pharmacist and physician regulatory authorities and the Quebec government.
↵† As per Manitoba’s Continued Care Prescriptions policy.
↵‡ As enabled by Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Pharmacy Act.
↵§ When authorized by a physician by means of a “collective prescription” (i.e., collaborative agreement).
↵¶ Only as part of minor ailments prescribing.
↵** Prescribe specified drug products for the purpose of smoking cessation.
↵†† Prescribing constitutes adapting prescriptions, emergency prescribing or prescribing within a collaborative practice; independent prescribing or as part of minor ailments prescribing is pending.
↵‡‡ Administration of influenza vaccine to patients 5 years of age and older. Administration of all other injections and inhalations for demonstration and teaching purposes. Adapted, with permission, from the Canadian Pharmacists Association.1