British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Residential Care Regulation (O.C. 25/2022)

O.C. 25/2022

British Columbia — Orders in Council

25 January 17, 2022 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned , the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Residential Care Regulation , B.C. Reg. 96/2009 , is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

Presiding Me~ber of the Executive Council (This par! is for administrative purposes only a11d is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Community Care and Assisted Living Act, S.B.C. 2002 , c. 75, s. 34 (2) Other: 0.C. 225/2009 page I of R20484155

SCHEDULE

Section of the Residential Care Regula tion, B.C. Reg. 96/2009, is amended by adding the following definition: “authorized health professional” means a person who is authorized under the Health Professions Act to prescribe a medication; . 2

Section is amended (

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) In this section, “prescribe” means to authorize a pharmacy to dispense a specified medication, including a medication not listed in

Schedule I, IA or IV of the Drug Schedules Regulation, B.C. Reg. 9/98, for administration to or use by a designated individual.

(1.1) A licensee must ensure that only medi cations that have been prescribed by an authorized health professional are administered to a person in care. , and (

b) in subsections (4) (

a) and (5) (

b) by striking out “ the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “ the authorized health professional ” and by striking out “or ordered”. 3

Section 71 (

b) is amended by striking out “ a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner ” and substituting “an authorized health professional”.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 25/2022
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0025 2022
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	4b90dfba8aa673babe627137307cdc5330a7cbcf

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (pdf).