Thank You to All Volunteer Committee Applicants! May. 6, 2019

THANK YOU TO ALL VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE APPLICANTS!

This February, the College issued a call for applications from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and the public and received an overwhelming response of over 90 applications. 

College Committees play an important role in allowing the College to meet its legislative requirements, and draw on additional expertise as part of Board decision making. Some committees, such as Registration, Inquiry, and Discipline are required by legislation, while other committees, such as Community, Hospital and Residential Care provide valuable stakeholder feedback and help with bylaw and policy development. 

The College’s committees are composed of registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, as well as members of the public. Public representation gives our committees a balanced perspective through which to make decisions, as well as a wide range of knowledge and skills that help to enhance the effectiveness of each committee.

Volunteers were reviewed by the Governance Committee and 33 new members were appointed to the following College committees: 

With a limited number of vacancies on committees, the College Board was unable to appoint all applicants. Applications will remain on file at the College over the next year in the event that new vacancies become available.

We thank all applicants for their interest in the College. All committees are reviewed annually, and volunteers are encouraged to reapply in the future. The College’s volunteer committee members are what enable the College to achieve its mandate of regulating the pharmacy profession in the public interest.

New Pharmacy Advisory Committee

At its February 2019 meeting, the Board approved the amalgamation of the Community Pharmacy Advisory Committee, the Hospital Pharmacy Advisory Committee and the Residential Care Advisory Committee into one committee to be called the “Pharmacy Advisory Committee.”

While each of the three pharmacy advisory committees focus respectively on reviewing issues and providing recommendations within a specific practice area, their roles are virtually the same, and many of the issues they are asked to address are common to all types of pharmacy practice. As a result, amalgamating these committees will enable the College to make more efficient use of its resources.

The new Pharmacy Advisory Committee Responsibilities are:

• To meet from time to time to review issues related to the practice of pharmacy that have been directed to the committee by the Board or the Registrar.
• Assist in the development of policies, procedures, guidelines and proposed legislation pertaining to pharmacy practice and standards
• Assist in the development of information materials for circulation to practicing registrants
• Recommend appropriate action to the Board or the Registrar regarding pharmacy practice issues
• Work collaboratively across practice areas (e.g., community, hospital, residential care) to ensure a cohesive approach to common practice issues

The new Pharmacy Advisory Committee came into effect on April 12, 2019, at which point the Terms of Reference for the Community, Hospital and Residential Care Pharmacy Advisory Committees were rescinded.