2003 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 37th Parliament
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HONOURABLE COLIN HANSEN
MINISTER OF HEALTH SERVICES
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 Section 1 of the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 363, is amended by striking out the definition of "PharmaNet committee" and substituting the following:
"PharmaNet stewardship committee" means the committee appointed under section 38 and includes a panel of that committee; .
2 Section 37 (1) is amended
(a) in paragraph (a.1) by striking out "section 38.1 (1)," and substituting "section 38.1 (1) (a), (b) or (c),",
(b) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (g),
(c) in paragraph (h) by striking out "the college." and substituting "the PharmaNet stewardship committee, and", and
(d) by adding the following paragraph:
(i) health policy research for planning and evaluation purposes related to Pharmacare and the delivery of health services.
3 Section 38 is repealed and the following substituted:
38 (1) The minister may appoint a PharmaNet stewardship committee consisting of not more than 7 persons to manage, in accordance with this Act, the bylaws and the rules under subsection (4), disclosure of information from that portion of the PharmaNet database that contains patient record information and general drug information.
(2) The appointments under subsection (1) must include
(a) one person nominated by the minister,
(b) one person nominated by the council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia,
(c) one person nominated by the council of the college,
(d) one person engaged in health research, and
(e) one person chosen as representative of the general public.
(3) The minister may designate a chair and one or more vice chairs of the PharmaNet stewardship committee from among the persons appointed to that committee.
(4) Subject to this Act, the PharmaNet stewardship committee may make rules governing the following:
(a) the calling and conduct of its meetings;
(b) the establishment of panels of the PharmaNet stewardship committee to conduct the business of that committee;
(c) the practices and procedures of the panels established under paragraph (b);
(d) the quorum of the PharmaNet stewardship committee or of the panels established under paragraph (b);
(e) other matters respecting the conduct of the work of the PharmaNet stewardship committee or of the panels established under paragraph (b), including the fees that may be charged for data to defray the cost to the government to provide the data.
4 Section 38.1 is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by adding the following paragraph:
(a.1) the minister, or a person or body designated by the minister; , and
(b) in subsection (2) (c) by striking out "a person" and substituting "a person, a body".
5 Section 39 (4) to (7) is repealed and the following substituted:
(4) Subject to the rules made under section 38 (4), the PharmaNet stewardship committee must, on request, disclose relevant patient record information to
(a) the minister, or a person designated by the minister, for the purpose of
(i) reviewing the use and prescription of drugs and devices, or
(ii) investigating the abuse, misuse or the inappropriate or fraudulent prescription of drugs or devices, or
(b) the regulatory body for a practitioner, following notification of the registrar, for the purposes of investigating the abuse, misuse or the inappropriate or fraudulent prescribing of drugs or devices.
(5) Except as provided in the rules made under section 38 (4) or the bylaws, a pharmacist or the PharmaNet stewardship committee must not disclose patient record information for the purposes of market research.
(6) A person who receives patient record information under this section must not disclose the information to another person, unless it is to be used for the purpose for which it was originally disclosed.
6 Section 61 (2) (p) is repealed and the following substituted:
(p) procedural requirements for the operation of the board, the inquiry committee and the discipline committee; .
7 Section 78 (2) is amended by striking out "39 (1), (6) or (7)," and substituting "39 (1), (5) or (6),".
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
8 Schedule 2 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is amended
(a) by striking out the following:
| Public Body: | Pharmanet Committee | |
| Head: | Chair , and |
(b) by substituting the following:
| Public Body: | Pharmanet stewardship committee | |
| Head: | Chair . |
9 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
SECTION 1: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, amends section 1] renames the committee appointed under section 38 of the Act.
SECTION 2: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, amends section 37 (1)] removes reference to the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and adds a reference to health policy research.
SECTION 3: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, re-enacts section 38] replaces the PharmaNet committee established by the council of College of Pharmacists of British Columbia by a PharmaNet stewardship committee appointed by the minister.
SECTION 4: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, amends section 38.1] clarifies that the minister, and a person or body designated by the minister, may have access to PharmaNet data.
SECTION 5: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, amends section 39] makes amendments to section 39 of the Act that are consequential to the other amendments made by this Bill.
SECTION 6: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, repeals and replaces section 61 (2) (p)] deletes a reference to the PharmaNet committee.
SECTION 7: [Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, amends section 78 (2)] is consequential to the amendments made by section 5 of this Bill.
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
SECTION 8: [Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, amends Schedule 2] updates a reference to a public body.
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