Section 1 (1) definition of "regulatory college" was added by 2022-43-599, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

  Section 8 BEFORE amended by 2016-5-40,Sch 2, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

  Section 8 (1) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-845, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(1) A person may enrol, in accordance with the regulations, in one or more drug plans for which he or she is eligible.

  Section 10 BEFORE amended by 2016-5-28 and 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

  Section 11 (2) and (3) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(2) An owner of more than one pharmacy, facility or other place described in subsection (1) must apply for enrollment in respect of each pharmacy, facility or other place.

(3) Despite subsection (1), the minister may permit a person who is connected to a place referred to in subsection (1), but is not an owner of the place, to apply for enrollment.

  Section 11 (4) (a) and (c) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-40,Sch 2 and 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(a) may enroll the applicant as a provider, unless the minister is of the opinion that it would not be in the public interest to do so,

(c) may impose limits and conditions on the provider's enrollment.

  Section 13 BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

  Section 13 (1) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-846, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(1) A provider may cancel his or her enrolment as a provider by giving 30 days' written notice to the minister.

  Section 17 (3) (a) BEFORE amended by 2022-43-600, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

(a) this Act, the Health Professions Act, the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act or a prescribed enactment of British Columbia or Canada, or

  Section 18 (1) (b) (i) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(i) eligibility for enrollment in a drug plan changed, or

  Section 23 (2) (a) BEFORE amended by 2020-14-36, effective August 14, 2020 (Royal Assent).

(a) for a purpose described in section 33.1 (1) (a), (c), (e), (e.1), (g), (i), (i.1), (m), (m.1), (n), (p) or (t), (6) or (7) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act only;

  Section 23 (1) (a) BEFORE amended by 2021-39-66(a), effective November 25, 2021 (Royal Assent).

(a) for a purpose described in section 33.2 (f) or (i) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act only;

  Section 23 (2) (a) BEFORE amended by 2021-39-66(b), effective November 25, 2021 (Royal Assent).

(a) for a purpose described in section 33.1 (1) (a), (c), (e), (e.1), (g), (i), (i.1), (m), (m.1), (n), (p), (p.1), (p.2) or (t), (6) or (7) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act only;

  Section 23 (1) (b) and (c) BEFORE amended by 2022-43-601, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

(b) to investigate or discipline a person regulated by a governing body of a health profession that has authority, under an enactment of any jurisdiction, to investigate or discipline the person;

(c) to monitor, by a governing body of a health profession, the practice of a health profession that is, under an enactment of any jurisdiction, regulated by that body;

  Section 24 (1) (a) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-847, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(a) in respect of his or her own personal information,

  Section 24 (1) (d) BEFORE amended by 2022-43-602, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

(d) for the purposes of enabling the college, a committee of the college or a person acting for the college to exercise powers or perform duties under

(i) an enactment that applies to the college, or

(ii) the college bylaws.

  Section 28 (5) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-848, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(5) A reference to a person in this section, section 29 [effect of protective words] or section 63 (4) [regulations respecting information] in relation to the attachment or removal of a protective word includes the person's personal representative when acting in the course of his or her duties.

  Section 29 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by 2021-39-67, effective November 25, 2021 (Royal Assent).

(b) for a purpose described in section 33.1 (1) (c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;

  Section 32 (a) BEFORE amended by 2022-43-603, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

(a) the other person, acting in good faith and on the basis of reasonable belief, has notified the minister, a provider, the chief data steward under the E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act, a college, or the commissioner under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, that a person has contravened or is about to contravene this Act,

  Section 43 (2) and (3) BEFORE amended by 2022-43-603, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

(2) Without limiting section 22 [collection, use and disclosure of personal information] or 23 [disclosure of personal information],

(a) a college, health care body, public insurer and private insurer may disclose personal information to the minister for the purposes of determining any person's compliance with this Act, and

(b) a college, health care body and public insurer may collect and use personal information from the minister for the purposes of determining any person's compliance with an enactment that governs the college, health care body or public insurer, as applicable.

(3) Without limiting section 22 or 23, the minister may

(a) collect and use personal information from a college, health care body, public insurer and private insurer for the purposes of determining any person's compliance with this Act, and

(b) disclose personal information to a college, health care body and public insurer for the purposes of determining any person's compliance with an enactment that governs the college, health care body or public insurer, as applicable.

  Section 45 (4) (a) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(a) the minister, if applicable, may cancel the enrollment of the provider without giving further notice or an opportunity to be heard under section 13 (2) (b) [changing or cancelling provider enrollment], and

  Section 58 (b) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(b) a cancellation of a provider's enrollment under section 13 (2) (b) or 45 (4) [suspension of payments];

  Section 59 (b) and (c) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(b) respecting eligibility for enrollment as a beneficiary in one or more drug plans, including respecting assessments for eligibility;

(c) respecting requirements for enrollment as a beneficiary in a drug plan, including respecting proof of eligibility for enrollment;

  Section 60 (c) and (d) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(c) respecting verification of the identity and enrollment, under the Medicare Protection Act, of a person requesting benefits under this Act;

(d) respecting the cancellation of a beneficiary's enrollment in one or more drug plans, including requiring the minister to give notice of the cancellation.

  Section 61 (1) (b) and (d) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(b) respecting the criteria a person must meet to be enrolled as a provider, or to continue enrollment;

(d) respecting changes to a provider's designation and the cancellation of a provider's designation or enrollment;

  Section 61 (2) BEFORE amended by 2022-43-604, effective April 1, 2026 (BC Reg 126/2025 as amended by BC Reg 19/2026).

(2) A regulation made under subsection (1) (c) may adopt by reference, in whole or in part and with any changes the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate, a bylaw of the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia.

  Section 63 (2) (d.1) was added by 2014-8-107, effective October 1, 2015 (BC Reg 52/2015).

  Section 63 (4) (d) BEFORE amended by 2020-14-37, effective August 14, 2020 (Royal Assent).

(d) prescribing classes of persons for the purposes of section 29 [effect of protective words] applies.

  Section 63 (2) (g) BEFORE amended by 2023-10-849, effective March 30, 2023 (Royal Assent).

(g) respecting the recording of personal information in prescribed information management technology by a person authorized, under the terms of a designation order, to collect or have disclosed to him or her information from a health information bank;

  Section 71 (2) (d) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(d) a change to or the cancellation of the person's enrollment under section 13 [changing or cancelling provider enrollment].

  Section 71 (3) (b) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(b) impose limits and conditions on the deemed provider's enrollment.

  Section 71 (4) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(4) An agreement described in subsection (1) of this section in respect of a deemed provider, along with that provider's deemed enrollment under subsection (2) of this section, is terminated on the earlier of

(a) the agreement's termination in accordance with the terms of the agreement, and

(b) 180 days after the making of a regulation under section 61 (1) (a) and (b) [regulations respecting providers and others].

  Section 71 (5) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-29 and 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(5) If the minister enrolls a deemed provider who, within 180 days after the making of a regulation under section 61 (1) (a) and (b), applied for enrollment, the minister may specify that the person is enrolled as of a particular date, including the date on which the person's deemed enrollment is terminated under subsection (4) (b) of this section.

  Section 76 (2) (c) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(c) the cancellation of the person's enrollment under section 11 [cancelling beneficiary enrollment].

  Section 77 (2) (c) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(c) a change to or the cancellation of the person's enrollment under section 13 [changing or cancelling provider enrollment].

  Section 77 (3) (b) BEFORE amended by 2016-5-41,Sch 3, effective March 10, 2016 (Royal Assent).

(b) impose limits and conditions on the deemed provider's enrollment.