January/February 2009 - Ontario College of Pharmacists

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online renewal Pharmacists’ Annual Renewal due Pharmacists’ fees for 2009 are: Part A pharmacists’ fee $564.81 ($537.91 + $26.90 GST) Part B pharmacists’ fee $282.40 ($268.95 + 13.45 GST) The pharmacist annual renewal has moved online! No form will be mailed to you, however email reminders will be sent. Please ensure the College has your current email address. Please refer to the attached brochure for more information on how to complete your online renewal. their behalf. The new online process will guide all pharmacists, regardless of payment method, through the information requiring verification and/or updating. We have been in contact with the pharmacy chains and worked out a process whereby the Confirmation of Information Renewal submitted to them by a pharmacist will suffice as notification that a pharmacist has completed the information renewal portion of their annual renewal. Employers will, in turn, provide a list to the College of all of these pharmacists when submitting payment. Information Renewal – Step 1 • To begin your online renewal, go to www.ocpinfo.com, click on the Member Login button(as seen above). • Enter your User ID (your OCP number) and your password. The first time you login and until you change it, your password is the last six digits of your social insurance number. After your initial log in, we encourage you to change your password. Once you have successfully logged in, click on Pharmacist Renewal on the left hand side of the screen. Once you complete and submit this first step of your renewal, print/save a copy of your Confirmation of Information Renewal. After a review of our renewal processes, we realized that many people were not taking advantage of completing their renewal online because they preferred to pay by cheque or their pharmacy was paying their renewal on Payment – Step 2 • On-Line Payment by Credit Card or INTERAC can be made online in a secure environment digitally protected by Moneris . • by Cheque Your Confirmation of Information Renewal must be printed and returned along with a cheque made payable to the “Ontario College of Pharmacists” or “OCP”. Write your OCP number on the front of your cheque and make sure your cheque is signed. All unsigned cheques will be returned for signature. NSF cheques are treated as late and incur both a late penalty fee and a $20 NSF service charge. • by Employer Your Confirmation of Information Renewal must be printed and submitted to your employer as confirmation that you have completed the first step of your renewal. 10 pharmacyconnection • January/February 2009
March 10, 2009 Late Payments Late payments are subject to a late fee of $105 ($100 + $5 GST) (if paid within 30 days after the due date) or $157.50 (if paid more than 30 days after the due date). This includes cheques that are received early but postdated after March 10, 2008. Late payments are not processed until the late payment fee has been received. Move from Part A to Part B of the College’s Register To elect to Part B of the College register please send an email to ocpclientservices@ocpinfo.com indicating your desire to move to Part B of the register. Pharmacists in Part B of the register are not required to obtain personal professional liability insurance or participate in practice review. The renewal fee for a Part B pharmacist is $282.40. Member Emeritus Any pharmacist who has practiced continually in good standing in Ontario and/or other jurisdictions for at least 25 years can voluntarily resign from the Register and make an application for the Member Emeritus designation. Members Emeritus are not permitted to practice pharmacy in Ontario but will be added to the roll of persons so designated, receive a certificate and continue to receive Pharmacy Connection at no charge. Once you have completed your information filing online and your payment has been processed, your wallet card and income tax receipt will be mailed to your residence. Personal Professional Liability Insurance Mandatory for Part A pharmacists It is a mandatory requirement of your annual renewal to update the details of your personal professional liability insurance. You will be able to update your insurance information while completing your online renewal. The list of insurance products and broker organizations that satisfy the criteria prescribed in College by-law is listed below. Members should be cautious if considering any other insurance products. If your insurance product is not on the pre-approved list you will be required to provide the College with additional details of your policy. It is the member’s responsibility to ensure that they have compliant insurance and that their insurance is fully portable regardless of their employment status. At this time, we can confirm that the following insurance products and organizations satisfy the criteria prescribed in College by-law: • Ontario Pharmacist’s Association - AON Reed Stenhouse • Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists - The Insurers Financial Group • Aviva Canada - This product is available through multiple insurance brokers across Ontario and through specific agreements with various pharmacy groups/networks. The list of brokers includes but is not limited to: • Cockburn & Sons • Palermo • Pilot • Pottruff & Smith • Sound Insurance • Unison • Willis • Gellatly Insurance Limited - The Economical Insurance Group • HKMB Hub International – Chubb Insurance • McCaslin Horne Insurance Brokers Inc. – Grain Insurance (Pharmaguard Individual MalPractice Liability) • Pottruff and Smith – Aviva, ING, Lombard pharmacyconnection • January/February 2009 11
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