First

Session, 49th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2020

BILL 37

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PHARMACY ACT, 2012

Received

and Read the First Time ................................................................

Second

Reading ............................................................................................

Committee .....................................................................................................

Third

Reading ...............................................................................................

Royal

Assent .................................................................................................

HONOURABLE JOHN

HAGGIE

Minister of Health

and Community Services

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Pharmacy Act, 2012 to allow the

Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board to

issue emergency registrations to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians where

there is an immediate need for services due to an actual or potential threat to

public safety, health or welfare or where the minister or the federal Minister

of Health makes a request.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PHARMACY ACT, 2012

Analysis

S.2 Amdt.

Definitions

S.14.1 Added

Emergency registration - pharmacists

S.17.1 Added

Emergency registration pharmacy technicians

S.18 Amdt.

Registration renewal

S.21 Amdt.

Certificate of registration

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2012 cP-12.2

as amended

(1) Paragraph 2(

k) of the Pharmacy Act, 2012 is repealed and the following substituted:

(k) "pharmacist" means a person registered

under

section 14 or

section 14.1;

(2) Paragraph 2(

m) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(m) "pharmacy technician" means a person registered under

section 17 or

section 17.1;

2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after

section 14 the following:

Emergency

registration - pharmacists

14.1

(1) Where

the board determines that there is an immediate need for pharmacist services

due to an actual or potential threat to public safety, health or welfare or

where the minister or the federal Minister of Health makes a request, the board

may issue an emergency registration.

(2) A person may be

issued an emergency registration for a period of time determined by the board

where he or she

(

a) provides proof satisfactory to the board that

he or she

(

i) is licensed or registered to practice as a

pharmacist in another jurisdiction in Canada,

(ii) has graduated from a

Faculty of Pharmacy accredited by the Canadian Council for the Accreditation of

Pharmacy Programs or another accreditation body approved by the board within

the past 12 months and has not failed any national examinations required by the

board, or

(iii) was previously registered to practice as a

pharmacist in the province;

(

b) provides proof satisfactory to the board that his

or her licence or registration has not been revoked, suspended or restricted or

has conditions attached by reasons of disciplinary measures in another

jurisdiction;

(

c) provides proof of identification as required

by the board; and

(

d) satisfies any other requirements as the board

may determine are necessary and practicable in the circumstances.

(3) The board may accept

the declaration of the person as proof that he or she satisfies one or more of

the requirements in subsection (2).

(4) An emergency registration issued under

subsection (2) may be renewed as considered necessary by the board.

(5) The board may impose terms, conditions or

restrictions on an emergency registration issued under subsection (2).

(6) The board may terminate an emergency registration

issued under subsection (2) at any time.

3. The Act is amended by adding immediately after

section 17 the following:

Emergency

registration pharmacy technicians

17.1

(1) Where

the board determines that there is an immediate need for pharmacy technician services

due to an actual or potential threat to public safety, health or welfare or

where the minister or the federal Minister of Health makes a request, the board

may issue an emergency registration.

(2) A person may be

issued an emergency registration for a period of time determined by the board

where he or she

(

a) provides proof satisfactory to the board that

he or she

(

i) is licensed or registered to practice as a

pharmacy technician in another jurisdiction in Canada,

(ii) has graduated from a

pharmacy technician educational program or a Faculty of Pharmacy accredited by

the Canadian Council for the Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs or another

accreditation body approved by the board within the past 12 months and has

not failed any national examinations required by the

board , or

(iii) was previously registered to practice as a

pharmacy technician in the province;

(

b) provides proof satisfactory to the board that his

or her licence or registration has not been revoked, suspended or restricted or

has conditions attached by reasons of disciplinary measures in another

jurisdiction;

(

c) provides proof of identification as required

by the board; and

(

d) satisfies any other requirements as the board

may determine are necessary and practicable in the circumstances.

(3) The board may accept

the declaration of the person as proof that he or she satisfies one or more of

the requirements in subsection (2).

(4) An emergency registration issued under

subsection (2) may be renewed as considered necessary by the board.

(5) The board may impose terms, conditions or

restrictions on an emergency registration issued under subsection (2).

(6) The board may terminate an emergency registration

issued under subsection (2) at any time.

Section 18 of the Act is amended by renumbering

it as subsection 18(1) and adding immediately after that subsection the

following:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an emergency

registration under

section 14.1 or

section 17.1.

(1) Section 21 of the Act is amended by adding

immediately after subsection (1) the following:

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an emergency

registration is issued under

section 14.1 or

section 17.1, the registrar shall

issue a certificate of registration for the period of time determined by the

board under subsection 14.1(2) or subsection 17.1(2).

(2) Subsection 21(2) of the Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

(2) A pharmacist or pharmacy technician, with the

exception of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician registered under

section 14.1

section 17.1, who has not held an annual certificate of registration for 2

years immediately before the year in which that pharmacist or pharmacy

technician seeks that certificate shall not be entitled to obtain registration

and a certificate unless he or she meets additional requirements which may be

prescribed by regulation.

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