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Scope-of-practice expansion
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10875
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2013-08-21
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC13-77
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that conflict-of-interest issues be considered when any scope-of-practice expansion that allows allied health professionals to both prescribe and dispense medication is considered.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2013-08-21
- Resolution
- GC13-77
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that conflict-of-interest issues be considered when any scope-of-practice expansion that allows allied health professionals to both prescribe and dispense medication is considered.
Antibiotics for use in food animals
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10913
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2013-08-21
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC13-97
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a national system to identify and report the identities and quantities of antibiotics acquired domestically or imported for use in food animals.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2013-08-21
- Resolution
- GC13-97
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a national system to identify and report the identities and quantities of antibiotics acquired domestically or imported for use in food animals.
Antibiotics for agricultural use
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10916
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2013-08-21
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC13-99
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that the Food and Drugs Act and its regulations be amended to close the "own use" provision for the unmanaged importation of antibiotics for agricultural use.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2013-08-21
- Resolution
- GC13-99
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that the Food and Drugs Act and its regulations be amended to close the "own use" provision for the unmanaged importation of antibiotics for agricultural use.
Guidelines for Physicians in Interactions with Industry
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9041
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2007-12-01
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
1 document
- Policy Type
- Policy document
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2007-12-01
- Replaces
- Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry (Update 2001)
Documents
Antibiotics in animals
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10534
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2012-08-15
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC12-114
- The Canadian Medical Association supports regulations to severely limit the use of medically important antibiotics on animals being raised for human consumption.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2019-03-03
- Date
- 2012-08-15
- Resolution
- GC12-114
- The Canadian Medical Association supports regulations to severely limit the use of medically important antibiotics on animals being raised for human consumption.
Independent prescribing authority
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8862
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC07-33
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that pharmacists not be given independent prescribing authority.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Resolution
- GC07-33
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that pharmacists not be given independent prescribing authority.
Direct-to-consumer advertising
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8905
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC07-91
- The Canadian Medical Association urges the federal government to strengthen laws that ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs to prohibit the "disguised" advertisements that promote drugs without naming them.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Resolution
- GC07-91
- The Canadian Medical Association urges the federal government to strengthen laws that ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs to prohibit the "disguised" advertisements that promote drugs without naming them.
High cost of drugs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8906
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC07-92
- The Canadian Medical Association urges governments to take prompt measures to address the high cost of generic and off-patent prescription drugs in Canada.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC07-92
- The Canadian Medical Association urges governments to take prompt measures to address the high cost of generic and off-patent prescription drugs in Canada.
The right to prescribe medications
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8864
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs
- Resolution
- GC07-36
- The Canadian Medical Association and its provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates recommend that the right to prescribe medications independently for medical conditions must be reserved for qualified practitioners who are adequately trained to take a medical history, perform a physical examination, order and interpret appropriate investigations, and arrive at a working diagnosis.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Resolution
- GC07-36
- The Canadian Medical Association and its provincial/territorial medical associations and affiliates recommend that the right to prescribe medications independently for medical conditions must be reserved for qualified practitioners who are adequately trained to take a medical history, perform a physical examination, order and interpret appropriate investigations, and arrive at a working diagnosis.