JURISPRUDENCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE #21
Schedule I - correct answer Legend drugs requires rx
Schedule IA - correct answer Drugs on CPP, must be on duplicate prescription
Schedule II - correct answer Professional Service Area- BTC - NPA
Schedule III - correct answer Professional Products Area- Drugs can be sold to anyone
OTC area of licensed pharmacy
Schedule IV - correct answer Prescription by pharmacist, drugs that can be prescribed
by a pharmacist
Unscheduled - correct answer Non pharmacy sale, drugs may be sold by non
pharmacist to anyone
The Health Professions Act-Through the Act, the Ministry of Health (MOA) delegates
Authority to Provincial Regulatory Authority (A college) to ensure health professions: -
correct answer Meet requirements for registration, maintain competency throughout
practice, are held accountable for their actions through a complaints resolution process,
Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CAPP) - correct answer
Accredits pharmacy and pharm tech programs, candidate must have graduated from an
accredited program to enter practice
Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) - correct answer Sets national exams
which all Jurisdictions except Quebec require for entry to practice
CPBC - correct answer College of pharmacists of BC - provincial
The role of pharmacy organizations? Regulatory organization? - correct answer applies
legislation which governs the profession (CPBC, NAPRA)
The role of pharmacy organizations? An advocacy organization? - correct answer is one
that supports interest of another - BC pharmacy association, Canadian pharmacists
association, Canadian association of pharmacy techs (CAPT)
The Provincial Government - correct answer Ensures professionals are qualified to
practice, sets requirements for pharmacies, adopts (if warranted) recommendations
from NAPRA for drug scheduling through the HPA & PODSA
The Federal Government - correct answer Ensures the safety of drugs and drug
products through the Food and Drug Act and the controlled drugs and substances act
, The Regulatory board - correct answer The majority is made up of elected practitioners,
they do not answer to their colleagues but rather uphold the mandate of protection to
the public, Gov also appoints 4 public appointees to provide public perspective to
ensure best interests are served
All self regulated professions get their authority... - correct answer From Gov and are
responsible for maintaining the various legislation specific to their profession
The privilege and status provided to practitioners... - correct answer are their "restricted
title" and "scope of practice"
Self Regulation - correct answer A privilege granted to a profession by gov through
legislation
The role of a regulatory college... - correct answer to serve the best interests of the
public not the profession
Healthcare Professions are committed... - correct answer to the direct benefit of their
patients and only secondarily to making a profit
Difference between occupation and profession - correct answer profession- ppl have a
distinct body of knowledge and are accountable
Pharmacy is not just a profession - correct answer it is a healthcare profession
The social contract is to protect pt. Vulnerability - correct answer Don't have knowledge
and skill we do, may be in agonizing pain and discomfort, very young or very old, could
be suffering from a physical or mental disability, may have a language barrier
The concept of Self Regulation - correct answer Gov knows that ppl are not able to
judge if a practitioner has the skills to do the job, therefore they allow the profession to
govern itself, granting the profession the ability to self regulate is privilege that can be
taken away
Regulated Healthcare Profession - correct answer Regulation is a tool Gov uses to
protect the public, requires profession to enter "social contract", to protect patient
vulnerability
Health Professions Act - correct answer one piece of legislation that relates to or
provides for many things at once, ex-all healthcare professions
CAPT - correct answer Canadian association of pharmacy technicians - advocacy
organization
PEBC - correct answer pharmacy examining board of canada
Schedule I - correct answer Legend drugs requires rx
Schedule IA - correct answer Drugs on CPP, must be on duplicate prescription
Schedule II - correct answer Professional Service Area- BTC - NPA
Schedule III - correct answer Professional Products Area- Drugs can be sold to anyone
OTC area of licensed pharmacy
Schedule IV - correct answer Prescription by pharmacist, drugs that can be prescribed
by a pharmacist
Unscheduled - correct answer Non pharmacy sale, drugs may be sold by non
pharmacist to anyone
The Health Professions Act-Through the Act, the Ministry of Health (MOA) delegates
Authority to Provincial Regulatory Authority (A college) to ensure health professions: -
correct answer Meet requirements for registration, maintain competency throughout
practice, are held accountable for their actions through a complaints resolution process,
Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CAPP) - correct answer
Accredits pharmacy and pharm tech programs, candidate must have graduated from an
accredited program to enter practice
Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) - correct answer Sets national exams
which all Jurisdictions except Quebec require for entry to practice
CPBC - correct answer College of pharmacists of BC - provincial
The role of pharmacy organizations? Regulatory organization? - correct answer applies
legislation which governs the profession (CPBC, NAPRA)
The role of pharmacy organizations? An advocacy organization? - correct answer is one
that supports interest of another - BC pharmacy association, Canadian pharmacists
association, Canadian association of pharmacy techs (CAPT)
The Provincial Government - correct answer Ensures professionals are qualified to
practice, sets requirements for pharmacies, adopts (if warranted) recommendations
from NAPRA for drug scheduling through the HPA & PODSA
The Federal Government - correct answer Ensures the safety of drugs and drug
products through the Food and Drug Act and the controlled drugs and substances act
, The Regulatory board - correct answer The majority is made up of elected practitioners,
they do not answer to their colleagues but rather uphold the mandate of protection to
the public, Gov also appoints 4 public appointees to provide public perspective to
ensure best interests are served
All self regulated professions get their authority... - correct answer From Gov and are
responsible for maintaining the various legislation specific to their profession
The privilege and status provided to practitioners... - correct answer are their "restricted
title" and "scope of practice"
Self Regulation - correct answer A privilege granted to a profession by gov through
legislation
The role of a regulatory college... - correct answer to serve the best interests of the
public not the profession
Healthcare Professions are committed... - correct answer to the direct benefit of their
patients and only secondarily to making a profit
Difference between occupation and profession - correct answer profession- ppl have a
distinct body of knowledge and are accountable
Pharmacy is not just a profession - correct answer it is a healthcare profession
The social contract is to protect pt. Vulnerability - correct answer Don't have knowledge
and skill we do, may be in agonizing pain and discomfort, very young or very old, could
be suffering from a physical or mental disability, may have a language barrier
The concept of Self Regulation - correct answer Gov knows that ppl are not able to
judge if a practitioner has the skills to do the job, therefore they allow the profession to
govern itself, granting the profession the ability to self regulate is privilege that can be
taken away
Regulated Healthcare Profession - correct answer Regulation is a tool Gov uses to
protect the public, requires profession to enter "social contract", to protect patient
vulnerability
Health Professions Act - correct answer one piece of legislation that relates to or
provides for many things at once, ex-all healthcare professions
CAPT - correct answer Canadian association of pharmacy technicians - advocacy
organization
PEBC - correct answer pharmacy examining board of canada
