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About Us

The Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) serves and protects the public interest by ensuring that the province’s pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have the required education, skills and judgment to provide safe, ethical and quality care for patients. We also regulate and accredit Ontario’s pharmacies, and hold pharmacy professionals and pharmacies accountable to relevant legislation, standards, policies and a Code of Ethics.

What We Do

OCP regulates the profession of pharmacy in the public interest by:

• Establishing and maintaining the requirements for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to practice in Ontario and registering those who meet these requirements;
• Establishing, maintaining and enforcing standards of practice, policies and rules that promote the delivery of quality, safe and ethical pharmacy care to patients and communities;
• Accrediting pharmacies to operate in Ontario and holding them accountable to established operational standards and expectations that promote quality pharmacy services and enable regulated pharmacy professionals to meet professional practice and ethical standards. Pharmacies must be accredited by OCP to operate in Ontario; 
• Promoting continued professional competency, compliance and ongoing quality improvement of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies through a robust Quality Assurance Program; and
• Managing complaints and concerns about pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies and taking appropriate steps in the public interest when conduct or the delivery of care falls below expectations of the profession.

You can learn more about the legal powers and duties of the College as set out in the Regulated Health Professions Act, the Health Professions Procedural Code, the Pharmacy Act and the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act.