Transforming and Supporting Patient Care - Health Professions ...

359Chapter 14 – Profession of PharmacyTo implement HPRAC’s recommendations, the following changes to statutesand regulations are proposed:1. That section 3 of the Pharmacy Act, 1991 be repealed and the followingsubstituted:Scope of practice3. The practice of pharmacy is the promotion of health and theprevention and treatment of diseases, disorders and dysfunctionthrough the monitoring and management of medication therapy;the custody, prescribing, compounding and dispensing of drugs;and the provision of health care aids and devices and educationrelated to their use.2. That section 4 of the Pharmacy Act, 1991 be repealed and the followingsubstituted:Authorized acts4. In the course of engaging in the practice of pharmacy, a memberis authorized, subject to the terms, conditions and limitationsimposed on his or her certificate of registration, to perform thefollowing:1. Dispensing, selling or compounding a drug or supervising thepart of a pharmacy where drugs are kept.2. Skin pricking for the purpose of educating patients on the useof health care aids and devices and for the purpose ofmonitoring chronic diseases.3. Administering, by injection or inhalation, a substance for thepurpose of patient education or demonstration.4. Prescribing a drug that the member may prescribe under theregulations.3. That the Pharmacy Act, 1991 be amended by adding the followingsections:Additional requirements for authorized acts4.1 A member shall perform a procedure under the authority ofparagraphs 2, 3 or 4 of section 4 in accordance with anyrequirements prescribed in the regulations made under this Actor under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991.4.2 A member shall not perform a procedure under the authority ofparagraph 3 of section 4 unless the substance is prescribed by amember of a College as defined in the Regulated HealthProfessions Act, 1991 who has the authority to make theprescription.HPRAC Critical Links January 2009