O. Reg. 295/23: GENERAL

 

ontario regulation 295/23

made under the

Pharmacy Act, 1991

Made: July 28, 2023
Approved: August 17, 2023
Filed: August 21, 2023
Published on e-Laws: August 21, 2023
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 9, 2023

Amending O. Reg. 202/94

(GENERAL)

1. Subsection 4 (2) of Ontario Regulation 202/94 is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Subject to sections 15.3 and 18.3, the requirement under paragraph 8 of subsection (1) of this section is non-exemptible.

2. Paragraph 1 of subsection 15.1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The Minister must have requested that the College initiate registrations under this class based on the Minister’s opinion that emergency circumstances call for it or the Council must have determined, after taking into account all of the relevant circumstances that impact the ability of applicants to meet the ordinary registration requirements, that there are emergency circumstances, and that it is in the public interest that the College issue emergency certificates of registration.

3. Subsections 15.2 (2) and (3) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(2) A certificate of registration as a pharmacist (emergency assignment) expires on the later of,

(a) 60 days from the date on which the certificate was issued, or extended under subsection (3); and

(b) three months after either the Minister or the Council declares that the emergency circumstances that gave rise to the issuance of certificates of registration in the pharmacist (emergency assignment) class have ended.

(3) The Registrar may extend a certificate of registration as a pharmacist (emergency assignment) for one or more periods of 60 days as long as emergency circumstances persist.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Transfer to Other Class of Registration

15.3 A member who holds a certificate of registration as a pharmacist (emergency assignment) may apply for a certificate of registration in another class, and a member who does so is exempt from the requirement to pay the fee set out in paragraph 8 of subsection 4 (1).

5. Paragraph 1 of subsection 18.1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. The Minister must have requested that the College initiate registrations under this class based on the Minister’s opinion that emergency circumstances call for it or the Council must have determined, after taking into account all of the relevant circumstances that impact the ability of applicants to meet the ordinary registration requirements, that there are emergency circumstances, and that it is in the public interest that the College issue emergency certificates of registration.

6. Subsections 18.2 (2) and (3) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(2) A certificate of registration as a pharmacy technician (emergency assignment) expires on the later of,

(a) 60 days from the date on which the certificate was issued or extended under subsection (3); and

(b) 12 months after either the Minister or the Council declares that the emergency circumstances that gave rise to the issuance of certificates of registration in the pharmacy technician (emergency assignment) class have ended.

(3) The Registrar may extend a certificate of registration as a pharmacy technician (emergency assignment) for one or more periods of 60 days as long as emergency circumstances persist.

7. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Transfer to Other Class of Registration

18.3 A member who holds a certificate of registration as a pharmacy technician (emergency assignment) may apply for a certificate of registration in the pharmacy technician class, and a member who does so is exempt from the requirement to pay the fee set out in paragraph 8 of subsection 4 (1).

Commencement

8. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day subsection 3 (3) of Schedule 6 to the Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness Act, 2022 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:

Council of the Ontario College of Pharmacists:

James Morrison

Board Chair

Shenda Tanchak

Registrar / CEO

Date made: July 28, 2023