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Joint Statement: Pharmacy Prescription Transfers for Controlled Drugs

The policy limiting pharmacy prescription transfers for controlled drugs (including opioid agonist therapy) to one time has been updated to permit a transfer back to the patient’s original pharmacy after being transferred away once.

The full joint communication from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS), the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals (SCPP), and the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS) can be accessed here.

CRNS Practice and Education Nursing Advisors are available to answer your questions. They can be contacted by phone at 1.800.667.9945 or 306.359.4227 or by email at practiceadvice@crns.ca.

Joint Statement: Long Term Care – Authorized Prescriptions                 

The SCPP, the CRNS, the CLPNS, and the CPSS have issued a joint statement regarding verbal orders generated from Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities. A pharmacist may only accept a verbal or faxed original order written and signed by an authorized prescriber e.g. physician, NP, dentist. A pharmacist may not accept a verbal or faxed written order (transcribed) from an RN. The full statement can be accessed here.

CRNS Nursing Advisors are available to answer your questions. They can be contacted by phone at 1.800.667.9945 or 306.359.4227 or by email at practiceadvice@crns.ca. 

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