Pharmacist must notify the prescribing physician if remaining portion cannot be filled within a 72 hour period. BC. Partial filling of a prescription for
As of J, over 75% of eligible community pharmacists in BC have completed the Regulatory Education Module and will be able to prescribe. Most pharmacists in BC already
Pharmacist Prescribing for Minor Ailments and Contraception (PPMAC) [Updated - J] New regulatory standards providing pharmacists in BC with the authority to diagnose and prescribe medications to clients in British Columbia for minor ailments and contraception are now in
The Pharmacists Regulation sets out which conditions pharmacists may prescribe for, and the Schedule I drug categories pharmacists may prescribe for those conditions, which may be different than the medSask guidelines. Pharmacists are responsible for understanding and following the regulatory requirements for prescribing in BC.
New regulatory standards providing pharmacists in BC with the authority to diagnose and prescribe medications to clients in British Columbia for minor ailments and contraception are
Pharmacist Prescribing for Minor Ailments and Contraception (PPMAC) [Updated - J] New regulatory standards providing pharmacists in BC with the authority to diagnose and
The benefits of pharmacist prescribing are well-established, and pharmacists already have the ability to prescribe in 9 out of the 13 Canadian Provinces and Territories. In BC, we are lagging behind the other provinces. For a full comparison of pharmacists’ scope of practice for prescribing across Canada, please refer to: click here.
BC is expanding pharmacists’ abilities by allowing them to prescribe medication for minor ailments without patients having to visit a doctor. The changes will kick in on June 1, when pharmacists will be able to diagnose and prescribe
Pharmacists can now assess and prescribe for contraception, also UTIs, acne, allergies, and other minor ailments. The service is fully covered through BC PharmaCare.
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Ridiculous. A doctor can't make parental approval a condition for prescribing contraceptives for an ADULT. Gwen is presumably 18 at this point. Indeed in many jurisdictions a dr can lose their license for refusing tp prescribe contraceptives to woman who is over the age of consent. That would include Kate in most states.
My comment isn't about what precisely they prescribe, but more to making the doctor's dialogue more realistic. Much as the character is focused on realistic dialogue in 'The Apartment'.
Creating an interactive game is a specialized form of writing fiction; both Lit stories & interactive games can suffer from unrealistic dialogue.