On September 1, 2018, the new Professional Practice Policy-67 for Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT), as well as an accompanying Policy Guide for Injectable Hydromorphone Maintenance Treatment will come into effect. These documents set out the requirements for the safe dispensing of injectable hydromorphone for the treatment of opioid use disorder...
Registrants can now submit declarations of completion on eServices upon their successful completion of certain knowledge and training requirements in the College’s bylaws and Professional Practice Policies
Professional Practice Policy-69: Community Pharmacy Manager Education (PPP-69), which provides guidance to community pharmacy managers on complying with their obligations under the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act (“PODSA”) and PODSA bylaws, will be in effect as of September 1, 2018.
Following previous shortage announcements in 2018, Health Canada and Pfizer Canada have announced that the shortage of EpiPen...
August 18, 2018 - Further to the initial recall of certain valsartan products because of the presence of NDMA in the active ingredient, Health Canada is now advising Canadians that, as a precautionary measure, Teva Canada is expanding its voluntary recall to include eight...
PLANNED MAINTENANCE TO ESERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES ON August 22, 2018.
Required maintenance work to the College’s IT systems supporting eServices will take place between 4:30 pm and 9:00 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.
We Want to Hear from You: How’s Our Service?
From August 17 - September 7, take the College’s Customer Satisfaction Survey and help us continue to improve our service standards!
BC Wildfires – Provincial State of Emergency Declared
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Nominate candidates or run yourself in the 2018 Board Elections
Board elections will be held this fall for registrants in districts 2 (Fraser Valley), 4 (Kootenay / Okanagan), 6 (Urban Hospitals) and 8 (Pharmacy Technicians).
PLANNED MAINTENANCE TO ESERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES ON JULY 19, 2018.
Required maintenance work to the College’s IT systems supporting eServices will take place between 4:30 pm and 9:00 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2018.