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Shannon Martin introduced a bill in the legislature Tuesday that would create "access zones'' of between 50 and 150 metres around schools, hospitals and other areas where healthcare is provided.

Dr. Diana Craciunescu committed a serious ethical breach when she failed to provide adequate care to an elderly patient with cerebral bleeding, ruled Quebec's Tribunal des professions. But banning her for life from emergency medicine was not the right call.

When health information is accessed and used for an unauthorized purpose, this relationship is eroded, as is the integrity of the profession.

The policy states that “pharmacy technicians who hold an authorization to administer drugs are required to show evidence of CPR and First Aid certification."

A provincial breakdown of names added to Pharmacy Technician Register.

After a COVID-19-imposed delay, the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia has completed the modernization of its Jurisprudence Exam.

Experienced, practising pharmacy technicians who are proficient in English, French, or both, are invited to complete the NAPRA Standard-Setting Workshop: Expression of Interest Survey.

A table of contents for the September/October Tech Talk newsletter, written specifically for pharmacy technicians.

Pharmacists will be able to administer more vaccines and renew prescriptions for people who have lost their family doctors starting Oct. 14.