Quebec Proposes Expanding The Role Of Pharmacists 1st Part: Broadening The Scope Of Professional Acts That Pharmacists Are Permitted To Perform -…

17 July 2020

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In this legal update and in a forthcoming legal update, we willbe addressing two proposed regulations published by the Office desprofessions du Qubec. These proposed regulations are partof several legislative initiatives aimed at granting pharmacistsgreater professional autonomy and at broadening the scope of theprofessional acts they are permitted to perform.

In particular, the Regulation respecting certainprofessional activities that may be engaged in by a pharmacistproposes to broaden the conditions under which pharmacistswill be able to prescribe, adjust or stop certain medications.

The Rglement sur l'amorce et la modificationd'une thrapie mdicamenteuse, surl'administration d'un mdicament et sur laprescription de tests par un pharmacien (Regulation respectingthe initiation and amendment of a drug therapy, the administrationof a drug and the prescribing of tests by a pharmacist) includesthe following amendments to the current regulations:

Originally published 16 July, 2020

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