A-29, r. 5 - Regulation respecting the application of the Health Insurance Act

Section 60.1 Disposition versions

2021-01-25

60.1. For the purposes of the fourth paragraph of section 3 of the Act, the following services must be considered insured services:

(a)  a service rendered in order to administer orally, topically, subcutaneously, intradermally or intramuscularly, or by inhalation and in accordance with the Regulation respecting the initiation and modification of medication therapy, administration of a medication and the prescription of tests by a pharmacist (chapter P-10, r. 3.2), a medication:

i.  required for the purposes of vaccinating an insured person covered by the Québec Immunization Program who meets the program’s conditions for receiving the vaccination free of charge;

ii.  in an emergency situation;

(b)  a service rendered in order to adjust or terminate the medication therapy of a patient in accordance with a prescription by another professional authorized to prescribe medications or following a consultation request, in the cases and in accordance with the conditions determined by the Regulation respecting the initiation and modification of medication therapy, administration of a medication and the prescription of tests by a pharmacist. The cost of tests performed in a pharmacy is not included in the remuneration of the pharmacist for this service;

(c)  a service rendered in order to evaluate the need for prescribing a medication, in the cases and in accordance with the conditions determined by the Regulation respecting the initiation and modification of medication therapy, administration of a medication and the prescription of tests by a pharmacist;

(d)  a service rendered in order to evaluate the need to prescribe a medication, in the cases and in accordance with the conditions determined by the Regulation respecting certain professional activities that may be engaged in by a pharmacist (chapter M-9, r. 12.2);

(e)  a service rendered to a person receiving palliative care including collaborating with an interdisciplinary care team, establishing a pharmaceutical care plan and ensuring its follow-up and making the required adjustments to a medication, where appropriate, to ensure the person’s relief and comfort;

(f)  a service rendered in order to prescribe an over-the-counter medication determined in a regulation made under section 37.1 of the Pharmacy Act (chapter P-10), if the person’s clinical situation or any circumstance so warrants it.

The service referred to in paragraph ii of subparagraph a of the first paragraph must be related to a medication on the List of medications.

S.Q. 2020, c. 4, s. 13; O.C. 50-2021, s. 2.

2020-03-17

60.1. The services rendered to prescribe, in accordance with the Regulation respecting the prescription of a medication by a pharmacist (chapter P-10, r. 18.2), and to administer, in accordance with the Regulation respecting the administration of medication by pharmacists (chapter P-10, r. 3.1), a medication required for the purpose of vaccinating an insured person covered by the Québec Immunization Program who meets the program’s conditions for receiving the vaccination free of charge must be considered insured services for the purposes of the fourth paragraph of section 3 of the Act.

S.Q. 2020, c. 4, s. 13.