​Changes to methadone licensing in the province will soon be reflected in all pertinent provincial dictionaries. The elimination of section 56(1) of the
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act ended the requirement for a federal exemption for prescribing. In place of the federal exemption, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC issued a practice standard on
Prescribing Methadone in June 2018. The CPSBC standard establishes a continued requirement for evidence of adequate education with respect to prescribing.
Updates are underway to align the listed provincial dictionaries with current standards.
|
Discipline |
Impacted privileges |
Dictionary status |
Implementation in Cactus |
| Clinical Practitioner in Oncology | Analgesia | Revised + approved | January 7, 2019 |
| Family Medicine / General Practice | Analgesia
Opioid use disorder | Revisions in progress | Spring 2019 |
| Hospitalist Medicine | Analgesia
Opioid use disorder | Revised + approved | January 7, 2019 |
| Nurse Practitioner | Analgesia
Opioid use disorder | Revisions in progress | To be determined |
| Pediatrics | Analgesia
Opioid use disorder | Revised + approved | January 7, 2019 |
| Psychiatry | Opioid use disorder | Revised + approved | January 7, 2019 |
| Public Health and Preventative Medicine | Opioid use disorder | Revised ,
not yet approved | Spring 2019
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