Prescription privileges for postgraduates
Prescriptions for the controlled medications specified in the Controlled Prescription Program must be written on the duplicate prescription pad specially developed for this purpose.
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Applying for prescribing privileges
New for 2023: Postgraduate residents entering UBC training programs will be granted prescribing privileges as part of their College licensing applications. An attestation will be included in the online application for postgraduate resident registration and licensure to ensure that all new residents have these privileges immediately upon entry into a UBC training program.
Prescribing 1A drugs
New for 2023: For the purpose of prescribing 1A drugs, postgraduate residents can order duplicate prescription pads that are personalized with their name and CPSID. The duplicate prescription pads are issued once residents have an active licence. These duplicate prescription pads are not automatically ordered or delivered to new residents.
These changes do not impact existing UBC residents, resident electives, postgraduate trainees, or postgraduate fellows who registered before July 2021.
Visit the UBC website for more detailed information.
Ordering duplicate prescription pads
Postgraduate residents can order duplicate prescription pads at any time using the form below.
Note: Residents without a CPSID at the time of ordering may use their account number instead.
An up-to-date business address is required
Residents must log in to the College website to add their practice location as their business address. The business address is public. A business address should be a clinic or hospital address, not a program administrator’s home address or the trainee’s home address. It is the registrant’s responsibility to maintain the currency of this business address and business telephone number on the College website.
Other requirements
- The registrant must be in a current residency training program which is not ending soon.
- The name of the supervising physician must be added to the prescription at the time it is issued.
Note: Visiting resident electives do not get prescribing privileges for outpatient prescriptions. All outpatient prescriptions need to be countersigned by a supervisor or attending physician.
Applying for prescription privileges for those who registered before July 2021
Program administrators on the behalf of their trainees and existing postgraduate residents can submit requests to the UBC Postgraduate Medical Education dean’s office.
Request for resident prescription privileges