Annual Registration & Pharmacy Licensing Renewal NOW Open
CPNL’s annual renewal period for registration and pharmacy licensing is now open. The deadline to renew is November 30, 2025. Late renewals will be charged an additional fee; for more information, please refer to the 2026 Schedule of Fees.
Renewals are not complete until full payment has been received. If paying by cheque, the cheque must be received by November 30, 2025.
GUIDE TO ANNUAL RENEWALS
The online renewal process can be saved after each step, and you can return for completion later. For security purposes, the system will automatically log out of your account after 30 minutes of inactivity, so please be sure to click the Save or Save & Continue buttons to ensure your progress is successfully saved.
Once you have completed the online renewal process, you can print your receipt by clicking the Invoices & Receipts link in the side menu and clicking the Review button next to the appropriate invoice.
Once your renewal has been approved, you can download your updated certificate by clicking the Certificate of Registration link in the side menu and clicking the Download/Print Certificate button next to the appropriate registration.
TAKING LEAVE OR RETIRING
If you do not plan to practice pharmacy or if you intend to return to practice in 2026, please visit the Leave and Reinstatement page of the website. There, you will find more information on how to request a status change to Inactive or how to reinstate your registration after an absence.
If you have any questions or issues completing your renewal, please contact registration@cpnl.ca.
cALL FOR eXPRESSION OF iNTEREST: bOARD vACANCY
In accordance with Section 2.10 of the College of Pharmacy of Newfoundland and Labrador (CPNL) Bylaws, CPNL is currently seeking expressions of interest from pharmacy professionals for an interim appointment to the Board of Directors as a Zone 7 representative. Zone 7 is an at-large position that is open to all registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
The interim appointee will serve on the Board of Directors until a new Zone 7 representative is elected. Pursuant to s. 2.11 of the CPNL Bylaws, an election for Zone 7 will be carried out before the 2026 Annual General Meeting.
This is a great opportunity for pharmacy professionals who think they may be interested in serving on the CPNL Board of Directors to gain experience to inform future decisions to seek nomination.
For more information and to submit an expression of interest, please review and complete the Expression of Interest Form and Declarations.
Expressions of Interest must be received at the CPNL office no later than Friday, November 14, 2025.
Standards of Practice – Pharmacist-Ordered Laboratory Tests Published
The CPNL board of directors approved the Standards of Practice for Pharmacist-Ordered Laboratory Tests at their meeting on October 17, 2025. The Standards of Practice have been published on the CPNL website for registered pharmacists to review and to support preparations for integrating the service into practice. Click the link below for more information:
As per the Pharmacy Regulations, 2024, and the Standards of Practice, pharmacists must complete approved education and receive authorization from CPNL before ordering laboratory tests. The education program and the authorization process are under development and expected to be available by January 2026.
Improving Medication Safety Proactively
A key component of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for pharmacies is the proactive identification of areas of potential risk within a pharmacy’s work processes to improve medication safety.
A Medication Safety Self-Assessment (SSA) is a tool to assist pharmacy professionals to proactively identify potential safety concerns within their pharmacy work processes and identify opportunities for improvement to mitigate risks to patients. Through the medication SSA process, pharmacy staff can systematically reflect on the many steps of medication use processes, set measurable goals for quality improvement, guide improvement activities, and monitor progress of their efforts over time.
A pharmacy-specific SSA is a mandatory requirement for community pharmacies under the CQI and Medication Incident Reporting (MIR) program, MedSTEP NL. A pharmacist-in-charge (PIC) must ensure that a pharmacy-specific medication SSA is completed during the first year of the MedSTEP NL program and as per CPNL’s Standards of Practice for CQI and MIR thereafter. The deadline to complete the first SSA was July 1, 2025.
For a change in a pharmacy’s PIC, the outgoing PIC should share the most recent SSA with the new PIC. Following the change in PIC, a new SSA must be completed by the new PIC within 6 months.
PICs must ensure that a medication SSA has been completed for their pharmacy. If you have not already completed a medication SSA for your pharmacy, please do so as soon as possible.
PICs are reminded to ensure that documentation related to CQI improvement plans and outcomes, developed following completion of an SSA, is retained in the pharmacy and available for audit.
If you have any questions regarding completing a medication SSA or the MedSTEP NL program, please contact the Quality Assurance team at QA@cpnl.ca.
Survey for Canadian Pharmacists on PND Screening
Canadian Pharmacists…
Researchers from the College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, are conducting a study to investigate Canadian pharmacists’ perspectives on Perinatal Depression screening.
To Participate in the Research Survey, Click the Link Below
Your participation is entirely voluntary, and all information collected will be anonymous.
For more information, contact Andrea Muphy at 1-833-866-6368 or andrea.murphy@dal.ca.
NLCSU 7th Annual Provincial Substance Use Conference
Conference Dates
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rEGISTRATION INFORMATION
By the end of the course, participants will have strategies to facilitate testing, as well as support linkage to care, treatment, and prevention within their communities.
For questions about the conference, sharing resources at our resource booth, or making changes to your registration, contact NLCSUconference@nlhealthservices.ca
Regular Reminders
Scheduling Appointments with Staff
CPNL staff are here to assist and support you. If you wish to meet with a staff member in person, please call to schedule an appointment before visiting our office. Having details regarding your inquiry will help us appropriately prioritize and prepare to answer your question if we need to collect additional information before calling you back or meeting with you. If you are unable to reach the staff person by phone, please leave a detailed message. Voicemails are regularly checked, and staff members get email alerts when a message is left on their phone line.
Keeping Contact Information Up to Date
Registered pharmacy professionals are responsible for ensuring that the contact information on their registrant profile, including email address and practice site, is accurate at all times. CPNL primarily uses email communication to send newsletters, renewal reminders, practice site assessment information, professional development audit information, calls for interest for committees, and other alerts. If the email address on file is incorrect, important information may be missed and/or disclosed to the wrong person. If your contact information changes, please update your information on file by logging into the Registrant Portal.