OCP Pharmacy Ontario
Jurisprudence EXAM 2025 WITH 160
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (EVE
EXAM
Questions 1–50: Core Legislation & Regulatory Framework
1. What is the primary mandate of the Ontario College of
Pharmacists (OCP)?
Answer: To regulate the pharmacy profession to serve and
protect the public interest.
Rationale: The OCP's statutory duty is public protection—
ensuring pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide safe,
ethical, and patient-centered care.
2. Which Act establishes the framework for regulating health
professions in Ontario, including pharmacy?
Answer: The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA).
Rationale: The RHPA provides the overarching legislative
framework for all regulated health professions in Ontario,
including the structure for controlled acts and professional
colleges.
3. What does DIDFA stand for?
Answer: Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act.
, Rationale: DIDFA is the provincial law that governs drug
interchangeability and sets the framework for dispensing fees
in Ontario.
4. Under DIDFA, what is an "interchangeable product"?
Answer: A drug or combination of drugs in a particular
dosage form and strength identified by a specific product
name or manufacturer and designated as interchangeable
with one or more other such products.
5. Does DIDFA apply to the dispensing of drugs in a public
hospital?
Answer: No—public hospitals are exempt under the Public
Hospitals Act.
6. Why was interchangeability introduced in Ontario?
Answer: To encourage the use of high-quality generic drugs
and help reduce medication costs to the public.
7. Who is responsible for designating products as
interchangeable?
Answer: The Executive Officer of the Ontario Public Drug
Programs.
8. Who publishes the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) Formulary?
Answer: The Executive Officer of the Ontario Public Drug
Programs.
9. How many parts is the ODB Formulary divided into?
, Answer: 12 parts.
10. What is contained in Part 3B of the Formulary?
Answer: A listing of "off formulary" interchangeable
products—products that are NOT benefits under the ODB.
11. What are the two exceptions where a pharmacist is NOT
required to inform a patient of their right to request an
interchangeable product?
Answer: (1) When dispensing the product on the prescription
is not more than the least amount charged for supplying an
interchangeable with it; (2) when the product is being
supplied pursuant to a repeat of a prescription (refills).
12. The Pharmacy Act deals with which topics?
Answer: Topics specific to the OCP, including scope of
practice, controlled acts, composition of Governing Council,
protected titles, and the official name of the College.
13. Under the RHPA, what is a "controlled act"?
Answer: A specific health care procedure that carries risk of
harm and is therefore restricted to authorized regulated
health professionals.
14. Which controlled acts are authorized to pharmacists in
Ontario?
Answer: (1) Selling, compounding, and dispensing drugs; (2)
Administering a substance by injection or inhalation; (3)
Prescribing (in specific circumstances under regulations).
, 15. What is the purpose of the Drug and Pharmacies
Regulation Act (DPRA)?
Answer: To regulate the operation of pharmacies, including
licensing, standards of practice, and operational
requirements.
16. What is statute law?
Answer: A written law passed by a legislative body.
17. The federal government has responsibility over which
aspects of pharmacy regulation?
Answer: Criminal law and the manufacturing and distribution
of drugs.
18. The provincial government has responsibility over which
aspects?
Answer: Regulating professionals and pharmacies, including
controlled acts (prescribing, dispensing, selling,
compounding).
19. What is the main federal act governing drugs in Canada?
Answer: The Food and Drugs Act.
20. What are the main provincial acts governing pharmacy in
Ontario?
Answer: (1) Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA); (2)
Pharmacy Act; (3) Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act.
21. What is the OCP's Code of Ethics?
Jurisprudence EXAM 2025 WITH 160
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (EVE
EXAM
Questions 1–50: Core Legislation & Regulatory Framework
1. What is the primary mandate of the Ontario College of
Pharmacists (OCP)?
Answer: To regulate the pharmacy profession to serve and
protect the public interest.
Rationale: The OCP's statutory duty is public protection—
ensuring pharmacists and pharmacy technicians provide safe,
ethical, and patient-centered care.
2. Which Act establishes the framework for regulating health
professions in Ontario, including pharmacy?
Answer: The Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 (RHPA).
Rationale: The RHPA provides the overarching legislative
framework for all regulated health professions in Ontario,
including the structure for controlled acts and professional
colleges.
3. What does DIDFA stand for?
Answer: Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act.
, Rationale: DIDFA is the provincial law that governs drug
interchangeability and sets the framework for dispensing fees
in Ontario.
4. Under DIDFA, what is an "interchangeable product"?
Answer: A drug or combination of drugs in a particular
dosage form and strength identified by a specific product
name or manufacturer and designated as interchangeable
with one or more other such products.
5. Does DIDFA apply to the dispensing of drugs in a public
hospital?
Answer: No—public hospitals are exempt under the Public
Hospitals Act.
6. Why was interchangeability introduced in Ontario?
Answer: To encourage the use of high-quality generic drugs
and help reduce medication costs to the public.
7. Who is responsible for designating products as
interchangeable?
Answer: The Executive Officer of the Ontario Public Drug
Programs.
8. Who publishes the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) Formulary?
Answer: The Executive Officer of the Ontario Public Drug
Programs.
9. How many parts is the ODB Formulary divided into?
, Answer: 12 parts.
10. What is contained in Part 3B of the Formulary?
Answer: A listing of "off formulary" interchangeable
products—products that are NOT benefits under the ODB.
11. What are the two exceptions where a pharmacist is NOT
required to inform a patient of their right to request an
interchangeable product?
Answer: (1) When dispensing the product on the prescription
is not more than the least amount charged for supplying an
interchangeable with it; (2) when the product is being
supplied pursuant to a repeat of a prescription (refills).
12. The Pharmacy Act deals with which topics?
Answer: Topics specific to the OCP, including scope of
practice, controlled acts, composition of Governing Council,
protected titles, and the official name of the College.
13. Under the RHPA, what is a "controlled act"?
Answer: A specific health care procedure that carries risk of
harm and is therefore restricted to authorized regulated
health professionals.
14. Which controlled acts are authorized to pharmacists in
Ontario?
Answer: (1) Selling, compounding, and dispensing drugs; (2)
Administering a substance by injection or inhalation; (3)
Prescribing (in specific circumstances under regulations).
, 15. What is the purpose of the Drug and Pharmacies
Regulation Act (DPRA)?
Answer: To regulate the operation of pharmacies, including
licensing, standards of practice, and operational
requirements.
16. What is statute law?
Answer: A written law passed by a legislative body.
17. The federal government has responsibility over which
aspects of pharmacy regulation?
Answer: Criminal law and the manufacturing and distribution
of drugs.
18. The provincial government has responsibility over which
aspects?
Answer: Regulating professionals and pharmacies, including
controlled acts (prescribing, dispensing, selling,
compounding).
19. What is the main federal act governing drugs in Canada?
Answer: The Food and Drugs Act.
20. What are the main provincial acts governing pharmacy in
Ontario?
Answer: (1) Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA); (2)
Pharmacy Act; (3) Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act.
21. What is the OCP's Code of Ethics?
