Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

As of October 15, for the first time ever, Nova Scotians can go to a pharmacy, roll up their sleeve and get their annual flu shot.

Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews should fulfill a promise and give registered nurses the right to prescribe basic drugs, like the first-level antibiotics.

One of the country’s largest and most profitable hospital chains has been defeated in its effort to take away its nurses’ sick days, according to the union that mounted nine strikes there over the past two years.

MONTREAL | The president of Quebec’s physician regulatory body is warning doctors in the province against the issuing of so-called "virginity certificates" for young female patients.

New legislation being introduced in Ontario today will, if passed, grant the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) the authority to inspect and license hospital pharmacies.

An alleged fight between two doctors at a hospital in northern Manitoba has resulted in an assault charge, the CBC reports.

About 6,000 nurses in Nova Scotia have reached a two-year tentative agreement that would provide them wage increases.

Pharmacy named by Texas was promised secrecy if it supplied drugs used for capital punishment. Death penalty states have been turning more to compounding pharmacists to help fill a shortage of execution drugs.