B.C. Reg. 537/2004, deposited December 3, 2004, pursuant to the PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY OPERATIONS AND DRUG SCHEDULING ACT [Section 38.1]. Order in Council 1189/2004, approved and ordered December 2, 2004.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective February 1, 2005,

(a) the Access to PharmaNet Patient Record Information Regulation, B.C. Reg. 384/99, is repealed, and

(b) the attached Access to PharmaNet Patient Record Information Regulation is made.

— C. HANSEN, Minister of Health Services; S. BOND, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

ACCESS TO PHARMANET PATIENT RECORD INFORMATION REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"access" means access to patient record information on the PharmaNet system for the purpose of providing therapeutic treatment or care to patients;

"hospital" means a hospital, as defined in paragraph (a) of the definition of "hospital" in section 1 of the Hospital Act, that is designated under paragraph (a) of the definition of "hospital" in section 1 of the Hospital Insurance Act;

"medical practice" means any premises in British Columbia where a medical practitioner ordinarily practises medicine.

Designated persons

2 Subject to section 3, the following persons are permitted to have access:

(a) a medical practitioner;

(b) a person authorized to practise in British Columbia as a

(i) licensed practical nurse,

(ii) registered nurse, or

(iii) registered psychiatric nurse;

(c) a person authorized by a medical practitioner to have access

(i) under the direct supervision of the medical practitioner, and

(ii) in the course of carrying out the person's employment or other duties in a hospital emergency department or a medical practice.

Requirements, restrictions and conditions for access

3 A person designated under section 2 is permitted to have access only

(a) if the purpose and manner of access is consistent with the standards set out in the Ministry of Health Services' publication "PharmaNet Professional and Software Compliance Standards", as amended from time to time, and

(b) from a hospital emergency department or a medical practice.

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