College policies, practice standards and directives

Pharmacy operations policies

PO.01 – Temporary Closures

PO.02 – Professional Library Requirements

Registration Policies

RP.01 –  Practice Experience Policy  –Updated Jan 2025

RP.02 – Personal Professional Liability Insurance Policy

RP.03 – Criminal Record Check Policy –Updated March 2026

RP.04   Pharmacy Manager Requirements

RP.06 – Resignation Resumption and Return to Work 

RP.07 –  Application Requirements EPC Drug Administration  – Updated May 2025

RP.09 – Application Requirements EPC Dispensing Methadone  – 

RP.10 – Application Requirements –  EPC Travel Vaccine 

RP.11 – CPR First Aid Requirements –Updated Sept 2023

RP.12 – CE Policy 

RP.13 – Preceptor Policy – Updated Sept 2024

RP.15 – Policy on English Language Proficiency –Updated May 2025: Please note that English language proficiency tests taken prior to September 1, 2024 will be evaluated against the cut scores outlined in the NAPRA  Language Proficiency Requirements for Licensure as a Pharmacist in Canada, November 2006, amended June 2014.

RP.16 – PACE Assessor Criteria

RP.17 – Competency Exams Policy – Repealed June 2023

RP.18 –  PACE Policy

RP.19 – Waiver of Registration Requirements  – November 2024

Practice Directives

Code of Ethics

Narcotic, Controlled and Targeted Drug Reconciliation
National Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines 2015

Pharmacist Prescribing

Practice Directive Prescribing Drugs Updated March 2025
Pharmacist Prescribing Notification Form
Pharmacist Monitoring Results Notification Form

Drug Administration

Administration of Drugs-Practice Directive – Updated Sept 2023
Patient Consent Immunization Record
Patient Injection Administration Record
Chief Provincial Health Office Immunization Record Form

Injection Decision Tool Technicians Updated Sept 2024
Injection Decision Tool Pharmacists Updated Sept 2024

Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing

Practice Directive Laboratory Testing and Point-of-Care Testing  –New March 2025

Methadone

Opioid Agonist Maintenance Treatment Practice Directive for Community Pharmacies – Updated March 2026
Methadone Prescription Fax Form

Standards of Practice

Language Proficiency Requirements for Licensure as a Pharmacist in Canada

NAPRA Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacists

NAPRA Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy Practice Management Systems: Requirements to Support NAPRA’s Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacists

Pharmacy Practice Management Systems: Supplemental Requirements on Traceability and Bulk Preparation Labelling to Support NAPRA’s “Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacists” and “Model Standards for Pharmacy Compounding”

Supplemental Standards of Practice for Schedule II and III Drugs – June 2005

Compounding Standards

NAPRA Model Standard for Pharmacy Compounding of Non-Sterile Preparations

PEI College of Pharmacy Guidance Document for Compounding of Non-Sterile Preparations

Implementation Framework -UPDATED MARCH 24, 2020

Frequently Asked Questions-Non-Sterile Compounding

NAPRA Model Standards for Compounding of Non-Hazardous Sterile Preparations 

NAPRA Model Standards for Compounding of Hazardous Sterile Preparations

Continuous Quality Improvement Standards

NAPRA Model Standards of Practice for Continuous Quality Improvement and Medication Incident Reporting by Pharmacy Professionals

Medication Incident Reporting in PEI: Guidance for Pharmacy Professionals

Professional Memos

Pharmacy Practice Management Systems: Requirements to Support NAPRA’s Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacists

Policies/Guidelines

Guidance for Centralized Prescription Filling

MAID Guidance for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Record Retention-Electronic Storage of Prescriptions

Policy for Pharmacy Professionals Dispensing or Selling Naloxone- REPEALED March 19, 2024

Guidance Document for Pharmacists and Dealers Licensed to Destroy Narcotics, Controlled Drugs or Targeted Substances: Handling and Destruction of Post-consumer Returns Containing Narcotics, Controlled Drugs or Targeted Substances

Guidance Document for Pharmacists, Practitioners and Persons in Charge of Hospitals: Handling and Destruction of Unserviceable Stock Containing Narcotics, Controlled Drugs or Targeted Substance

Controlled substances guidance for community pharmacists: security, inventory reconciliation and record-keeping

Position Statement: Pharmacy Professionals’ Roles and Responsibilities Regarding Cannabis

Guidance for Pharmacy Managers When Ending a Patient Relationship