An Ontario physicians' group is warning that doctors are putting their licences at risk if they fail to heed new provincial prescribing rules for monitored drugs that were introduced with little fanfare this fall.
Slave Lake, Alta., a small town that suffered a fire last spring that destroyed one-third of its dwellings, is now contending with the loss of five of its 13 physicians.
Legislation tabled would give pharmacists the ability to extend or adjust prescriptions, treat some minor conditions, request and analyze lab tests, and administer medications for the sake of instruction.