What is the IPA position on independent medical reviews?
First off, it’s the law – a requirement of all Canadian pharmacists by the Food and Drug Regulations (Section C.01.041) -and so we’re bound by, and determined to, follow it. Nevertheless, for reasons discussed above in this paper, we believe that this technical legal requirement is unnecessary and excessive. It is common knowledge that U.S. doctors provide some of the finest medical care in the world to their patients, just as Canadian doctors do. Accordingly, we believe that the Federal law should be amended in recognition of this to permit Canadian pharmacies to honour a duly licensed American doctor’s prescription. With 29 U.S. States honouring prescriptions written by Canadian doctors in their pharmacies, it is only fair to provide this reciprocity.
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