Extended Practice Pharmacist Renewal
Extended Practice Pharmacists must renew their licence with the College annually to ensure they maintain their skills and qualifications.
Learn moreExtended Practice Pharmacists complete specialty training to prescribe and manage patient medication therapy within the scope of a specialty practice such as diabetes or respiratory educator. An Extended Practice Pharmacist works in a collaborative practice with other healthcare providers (physicians and nurse practitioners) to enhance the care of shared patients.
As pharmaceutical experts, Extended Practice Pharmacists (EPPh) enhance drug therapy management and contribute to better health outcomes for Manitobans. Extended Practice Pharmacists must prescribe within their specialty area of practice and cannot prescribe drugs included under the Canadian Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).
The professional designation for Extended Practice Pharmacists is EPPh and must be noted on all prescriptions issued by an Extended Practice Pharmacist. The Pharmacist Register indicates if a pharmacist is registered as an Extended Practice Pharmacist.
The required qualifications for an EPPh designation are outlined below. For information on maintaining an EPPh designation, please visit the EPPh Renewal page.
As outlined by section 96 of the Pharmaceutical Regulation, a member is qualified as a specialist in an area upon providing evidence satisfactory to the registrar that he or she has one or more of the following qualifications:
Note: The practice hour requirements listed under section 96 of the Pharmaceutical Regulation must be completed after the Extended Practice Pharmacist applicant has finished their clinical degree or certification program.
Council has approved the education and certification programs below as specialty qualification programs for an EPPh designation. If you are interested in completing an education, certification or degree qualification program that is not listed below or is not listed in the Pharmaceutical Regulation, please email registration@cphm.ca for more information.
The following programs require applicants to practice for at least 1,000 hours in the two years before applying for registration:
The following programs require applicants to practice for at least 5,000 hours in the five years before applying for registration:
*Note that some of these programs have been discontinued by the respective universities, but applicants who have completed the programs may still apply for an EPPh designation.
Consistent with the Pharmaceutical Regulation definition of collaborative care, applicants for registration as an Extended Practice Pharmacist are required to confirm that they are in a collaborative practice setting by describing how they meet the following criteria:
All licensed pharmacists are entered into DPIN as prescribers. Pharmacist prescriber numbers consist of the prefix ‘X’ followed by the pharmacist’s licence number. For example, ‘X12345.’ Pharmacists use this prescriber number when issuing a prescription or entering a prescription into DPIN that has been authorized by a pharmacist prescriber.
Applicants may submit the Application for Initial Registration as an Extended Practice Pharmacist, Declarations in Support of an Extended Practice Pharmacist Applicant, and all other supporting documents listed on the application to CPhM by Canada Post (200 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R2H 1A7), or drop them off in the black deposit box to the left of the main entrance.
Extended Practice Pharmacists must renew their licence with the College annually to ensure they maintain their skills and qualifications.
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