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Current Consultations
Ontario College of Pharmacists – Deadline: October 26, 2026 (4:00 p.m.)
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Ontario College of Pharmacists
Public Consultation on the Draft Providing Pharmacy Services for Animals Policy
Feedback deadline is: 4:00 PM on October 26, 2026
Summary
The Ontario government’s Veterinary Professionals Act, 2024 (VPA) is expected to come into force in the near future and will give pharmacy professionals the authority to continue:
- Compounding veterinary prescriptions for animals
- Dispensing veterinary prescriptions for animals
- Selling veterinary medicines for animals
Without a regulatory exemption in the VPA, only veterinary professionals would be legally permitted to perform these activities. Pharmacy professionals have a long history of providing animal owners across Ontario with access to pharmacy services and the medications their animals need.
To support the exemption and to clearly outline expectations for providing pharmacy services to animals, the College has prepared a draft Providing Pharmacy Services for Animals policy that is now part of a public consultation. We are seeking feedback on whether the policy expectations are clear, reasonable, and achievable, and to identify information that may be missing that could result in risks to animals or pharmacy practice.
How You Can Provide Your Input
Members of the public, pharmacy and veterinarian professionals, and interested organizations or system partners are encouraged to participate by 4 p.m. on October 26, 2026, using one of the following methods:
- Complete an online survey
- View a PDF version of the survey questions
- Feedback submitted through the survey will be anonymized and aggregated
- Add your feedback in the online form below
- Feedback submitted through the online form will be published on this webpage within 1-3 business days in accordance with our posting guidelines
- Send us an email at consultations@ocpinfo.com
- Feedback submitted by email will be added to this webpage within 1-3 business days in accordance with our posting guidelines
The College reserves the right to refuse or remove comments that do not meet the posting guidelines. All feedback submitted as part of the consultation, whether published or not, will be reviewed and considered in the analysis provided to the Board.
Requests for accessible formats can be made by emailing accessibility@ocpinfo.com or via our toll-free number 1-800-220-1921.
Next Steps
Following the consultation, the draft Providing Pharmacy Services for Animals policy may be revised based on the feedback received. The Board will then be asked to consider and approve the draft policy at a future meeting.
Supporting Documents
- Draft Providing Pharmacy Services for Animals policy
- Draft Supplemental Guidance to the Providing Pharmacy Services to Animals policy
- Summary of policy development
- Board Briefing Note: Providing Pharmacy Services to Animal Patients (June 15, 2026, meeting)
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