1 (1) In this Act, “Accreditation Committee” means the Accreditation Committee of the College; (“comité d’agrément”) “by-laws” means the by-laws made under this Act; (“règlements administratifs”) “cannabis” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Cannabis Act (Canada); (“cannabis”) “certificate of accreditation” means a certificate of accreditation issued by the Registrar of the College under subsection 139 (2); (“certificat d’agrément”) “certificate of authorization” has the same meaning as in the
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991; (“certificat d’autorisation”) “certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration within the meaning of the Health Professions Procedural Code issued by the Registrar of the College; (“certificat d’inscription”) “College” means the Ontario College of Pharmacists; (“Ordre”) “Council” means the Council of the College; (“conseil”) “designated manager” means the pharmacist designated by the owner of the pharmacy, in information provided to the College, as the pharmacist responsible for managing the pharmacy; (“gérant désigné”) “Discipline Committee” means the Discipline Committee of the College; (“comité de discipline”) “drug” means any substance or preparation containing any substance, (a)  manufactured, sold or represented for use in, (i)  the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder, abnormal physical or mental state or the symptoms thereof, in humans, animals or fowl, or (ii)  restoring, correcting or modifying functions in humans, animals or fowl, (b)  referred to in Schedule I, II or III, (c)  listed in a publication named by the regulations, or (d)  named in the regulations, but does not include, (e)  any substance or preparation referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) manufactured, offered for sale or sold as, or as part of, a food, drink or cosmetic, (f)  any “natural health product” as defined from time to time by the Natural Health Products Regulations
under the Food and Drugs Act (Canada), unless the product is a substance that is identified in the regulations as being a drug for the purposes of this Act despite this clause, either specifically or by its membership in a class or its listing or identification in a publication, (f.1)  cannabis, other than, (i)  a drug containing cannabis to which the Cannabis Regulations (Canada) apply, (ii)  cannabis obtained for medical purposes in accordance with Part 14 of those Regulations or in accordance with a court order, and (iii)  cannabis that is identified in the regulations as being a drug for the purposes of this Act despite this clause, (g)  a substance or preparation named in Schedule U, (h)  a substance or preparation listed in a publication named by the regulations, or (i)  a substance or preparation that the regulations provide is not a drug; (“médicament”) “health profession corporation” has the same meaning as in the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991; (“société professionnelle de la santé”) “Health Professions Procedural Code” means the Health Professions Procedural Code set out in Schedule 2 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991; (“Code des professions de la santé”) “hospital” means a hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act or a private hospital within the meaning of the Private Hospitals Act; (“hôpital”) “hospital patient” means a patient within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act or the Private Hospitals Act; (“malade d’un hôpital”) “hospital pharmacy” means a location that is deemed to be a pharmacy by virtue of section 119; (“pharmacie en milieu hospitalier”) “intern” means a person who is registered as an intern under the Pharmacy Act, 1991; (“interne”) “institutional pharmacy” means a premises that is deemed to be a pharmacy by virtue of section 120; (“pharmacie en milieu institutionnel”) “member” means a member of the College; (“membre”) “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministre”) “pharmacist” means a person registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act, 1991; (“pharmacien”) “pharmacy” means a premises in or in part of which prescriptions are compounded or dispensed for the public or drugs are sold by retail, and includes a remote dispensing location; (“pharmacie”) “pharmacy technician” means a person registered as a pharmacy technician under the Pharmacy Act, 1991; (“technicien en pharmacie”) “prescriber” means a person who is authorized under the laws of a province or territory of Canada to give a prescription within the scope of his or her practice of a health discipline; (“personne autorisée à prescrire des médicaments”) “prescription” means a direction from a prescriber directing the dispensing of any drug or mixture of drugs for a designated person or animal; (“ordonnance”) “proprietary misconduct” means proprietary misconduct as defined in the regulations; (“faute liée à la spécialité”) “registered pharmacy student” means a person registered as a student under the Pharmacy Act, 1991; (“étudiant en pharmacie inscrit”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the definition of “registered pharmacy student” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: (See: 2017, c. 11, Sched. 1, s. 1) “intern technician” means a person registered as an intern technician under the Pharmacy Act, 1991; (“technicien stagiaire”) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the College; (“registrateur”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “remote dispensing location” has the meaning provided for in the regulations. (“téléofficine”)  2007, c. 10, Sched. L, s. 1 (1, 2); 2009, c. 26, s. 8 (1, 2); 2014, c. 14, Sched. 2, s. 1; 2018, c. 12, Sched. 1, s. 21 (1, 2). Schedules (2) A reference in this Act to Schedule I, II, III or U is a reference to such Schedule established by the regulations.  2007, c. 10, Sched. L, s. 1 (3). References in other laws (2.1) A reference in any other Act or regulation to a term as defined in subsection 117 (1) of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the same term as defined in subsection (1) of this section.  2007, c. 10, Sched. L, s. 1 (1). References to hearings (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a hearing to be held within the meaning of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act unless the holding of a hearing is specifically referred to.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.4, s. 1 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1991, c. 18, s. 47 (1-3) - 31/12/1993; 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 49 (1) - 01/02/1999 2000, c. 42, Sched., s. 12 - 01/11/2001 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (2) - 22/06/2006 2007, c. 10, Sched. L, s. 1 (1) - 04/06/2007; 2007, c. 10, Sched. L, s. 1 (2, 3) - 04/06/2008 2009, c. 26, s. 8 (1, 2) - 14/03/2011 2014, c. 14, Sched. 2, s. 1 - 01/08/2016 2017, c. 11, Sched. 1, s. 1 - not in force; 2017, c. 25, Sched. 9, s. 92 - no effect - see 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 67 - 18/05/2023; 2017, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 29 (1) - 17/10/2018 2018, c. 12, Sched. 1, s. 21 (1, 2) - 17/10/2018