Pharmacy Technician Applicants
Practical Assessments
One qualification for becoming a licensed pharmacy technician with SCPP is successful completion of a practical assessment. Saskatchewan Polytechnic offers this course as part of the pathway to becoming a licensed pharmacy technician in Saskatchewan. For course and contact information, see Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s practical assessment course description.
A member can be licenced as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, but not both. The Pharmacy and Pharmacy Disciplines Act authorizes SCPP to license persons applying for membership as one or the other.
“Registration of members 18(1)
The council may register as a member, and issue a licence to, a person who produces evidence establishing to the satisfaction of the council that the person: (a) if the person: (i) is applying for membership as a licensed pharmacist, has successfully completed a pharmacy program recognized by the council from an educational institution recognized by the council; or (ii) is applying for membership as a licensed pharmacy technician: (A) has successfully completed a pharmacy technician program recognized by the council from an educational institution recognized by the council; or (B) has successfully completed any evaluating examinations for pharmacy technicians recognized by the council.”
Saskatchewan Polytechnic Graduates
The requirements for a graduate to become a licensed member are as follows:- Graduation with a Pharmacy Technician Diploma from Sask Polytechnic. Proof of your graduation is supplied to SCPP by the School of Health Sciences.
- Successful completion of the Structured Practical
Training and Assessment Program (SPTA) as approved by Council.
- Successful completion of the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) Qualification Exam, both Part I (MCQ) and Part II (OSPE). Acceptable proof of this is a copy of the letter the candidate receives from the PEBC confirming this designation. SCPP accepts the PEBC Qualifying Exam as a measure to demonstrate the currency of education for three years from the latest pass date. Certification with PEBC itself does not expire.
- Successful completion of the Jurisprudence Examination.
- A successful Jurisprudence Examination result expires after three years for those who have not obtained a licence to practise.
- Required Training – Any mandatory training requirements as established by SCPP Council. Please see the SCPP Training and Development table.
- Completion of the prescribed membership and registration online application form, which includes declaration of acceptable malpractice insurance for the duration of the membership year being applied for, a current criminal record check (CRC), as well as the applicable registration and membership fees.
Out-of-Province Trained CCAPP Graduate Canadian Candidates
This information applies to candidates who have recently graduated from a CCAPP accredited program, but who are not yet registered in another province and wish to become registered with SCPP. Please note, the requirements for completing the SPTA as well as the PEBC qualifying examinations still apply. All inquiries can be made to SCPPRegistration.PHARMTECH@saskpharm.ca.
Registration Requirements for Out-of-Province Trained Candidate
Criminal Record Check Policy and FAQs
Out-of-Province Licensed Canadian Candidates
This information applies to practising members registered with a provincial or territorial pharmacy regulatory authority in Canada (but not in Saskatchewan) and who wish to become registered with SCPP.
Registration Requirements for Out-of-Province Licensed Candidate
Internationally Trained Pharmacy Technicians
To become a pharmacy technician in the province of Saskatchewan, you are required to undertake an accredited pharmacy technician training program in Canada.
Saskatchewan has one program, a two-year diploma program at the Saskatoon location of Sask Polytech.
At this time, SCPP has no legislative process/pathway for internationally trained pharmacy technicians to license in Saskatchewan. It is on the College's list of priorities to establish the process and will require development of legislation and procedures.
International Credential Recognition Grant
The province has developed the International Credential Recognition Grant (ICRG) to assist newcomers with foreign qualification recognition costs required to obtain licensure. Providing assessment, tuition, and exam fees reimbursement, this program targets internationally trained, health care workers who are legally entitled to work in Saskatchewan but have been unable to obtain licensure. See the fact sheet here. Further details for prospective international applications are available online here.
International Pharmacist Graduates
SCPP is aware that International Pharmacist Graduates (IPGs) are able to complete the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) Qualifying exams for Pharmacy Technicians. At this time, SCPP does not have a pathway to licensure for an IPG who wishes to become licensed to practise as a pharmacy technician in Saskatchewan.
In order to become licensed as a pharmacy technician in Saskatchewan, candidates must complete a Canadian CCAPP accredited pharmacy technician program.
If the program does not meet SCPP requirements for structured practical training and assessment, then that training is required prior to registration with SCPP.