This consultation closed on Nov. 15, 2023.
About the Consultation
The Prescribing: Administration standard was last reviewed in 2016. The standard details the requirements of regulated members when issuing and transmitting a prescription, online or in-person.
What’s in the draft?
- Addition of requirements that prescriptions must include the prescribing physician’s name of supervisor or attending physician if applicable, telephone number and registration number to reflect the needs of prescribing trainees or physician assistants, to improve timeliness and access to communication, and to support data quality;
- Inclusion of warning that although handwritten prescriptions are permitted, there is a notable degree of risk for forgery or diversion; and
- Edits to wording throughout to improve the standard’s readability and accessibility.
View the draft standard
For your convenience, the draft standard has clean and marked copies available.
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Changes to CPSA’s Standards of Practice impact your day-to-day practice. Your feedback is important to us as it helps us develop clear, reasonable expectations and helpful, applicable resources. We appreciate the time you took to provide your input.
CPSA regulated members, partner organizations, other healthcare professionals and Albertans were invited to provide feedback from Oct. 16, 2023 – Nov. 15, 2023.
Anonymized feedback will be considered by Council at their December meeting. Once amendments are finalized and approved by Council, members will be notified by email and The Messenger newsletter.
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