The health insurance board, known as the RAMQ, says it learned of the decision this morning and will immediately start taking steps to implement the change.
Provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix says the nursing ratios will be a first for Canada, and no other jurisdiction in the world has a minimum ratio that applies at all times.
The Ontario College of Pharmacists survey comes amid media stories of pharmacies imposing quotas on clinical services and a pledge by the Ontario government to probe possible MedsCheck program abuses.