Syndic de l’Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec

Organisation profile

The Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec is an organization whose mission is to protect the public. The role of the Ordre’s trustee is to receive investigation requests from the public and investigate to determine if a pharmacist has violated its Code of Ethics or the applicable laws and regulations.

If a pharmacist is found to be in the wrong, the trustee or deputy trustee has several options. He or she may send the pharmacist’s file to the professional inspection committee, suggest conciliation between the parties or make recommendations to the pharmacist. If the fault is found to require this, the trustee may file a complaint with the disciplinary board. The trustee is also the authority who oversees control of illegal pharmacy practice and misappropriation of the title of pharmacist. The board is an administrative tribunal and is responsible for hearing the case and ruling on the pharmacist’s guilt and sanction.