Physicians that prescribe methadone in Alberta will still require approval from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) and will need to re-
Alberta pharmacists have been able to prescribe since 2025, providing a useful test case for the rest of the country. Ontario pharmacists, like most in Canada, can now prescribe for minor
In Alberta, the legislative privilege to prescribe provincially regulated drugs was granted in 2025. 1 Following this milestone, the regulatory organization (the Alberta College of Pharmacists) created a model for pharmacist prescribing and a process for implementing it. The ability to access laboratory test results was established in 2025, authorization to administer drugs and blood
That is why PrescribeIT will be expanding across the province of Alberta, helping to meet the growing needs of pharmacists, physicians and patients. Get started with PrescribeIT can prescribe and communicate with pharmacies
All pharmacists in Alberta can: Adapt new prescriptions for schedule 1 drugs (including insulin) to the patient’s current need Renew prescriptions for continuity of care Prescribe in an
Results: Thirteen pharmacists representing Canadian provinces other than Alberta were surveyed in late 2025, for comparison with Alberta. With specific reference to the scenarios presented, pharmacists were able to prescribe in an emergency in 9 of the 10 provinces, renew prescriptions in all provinces, and adapt prescriptions in 6 provinces.
Alberta was the first province to allow pharmacists to prescribe medications back in 2025. Ontario is second last before British Columbia. Ontario pharmacists will soon
1 Pharmacist with Additional Prescribing Authorization (APA) in Alberta may prescribe any Schedule 1 Drug, not limited to this list. 2 Only
Canada: Pharmacists in Canada have increased prescribing powers in other provinces such as Alberta, where they can prescribe for minor conditions and chronic disease management. United Kingdom : The qualified independent prescribing pharmacists in the UK are authorized to write prescriptions for most of the medicines except controlled
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Ridiculous. A doctor can't make parental approval a condition for prescribing contraceptives for an ADULT. Gwen is presumably 18 at this point. Indeed in many jurisdictions a dr can lose their license for refusing tp prescribe contraceptives to woman who is over the age of consent. That would include Kate in most states.
My comment isn't about what precisely they prescribe, but more to making the doctor's dialogue more realistic. Much as the character is focused on realistic dialogue in 'The Apartment'.
Creating an interactive game is a specialized form of writing fiction; both Lit stories & interactive games can suffer from unrealistic dialogue.