www.nspharmacy.ca, the official website of the Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator (NSPR), provides information about the pharmacy regulator, pharmacist and pharmacy technician registration, pharmacy licensure, and pharmacy practice in our province.

The information on this site is intended as a resource to pharmacy professionals and future pharmacy professionals, and to the public.

Public interpretation of health information on this site should not be substituted for the advice of a healthcare professional. For specific health matters, visitors to this site are encouraged to consult their pharmacist or other appropriate healthcare provider.

Occasionally, alternate websites are referenced on this site. This does not imply an endorsement by NSPR. The Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator does not endorse specific organizations, products, or therapies.

Nova Scotia Pharmacy Regulator is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, and we acknowledge them as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land.

We respect and honour the Peace and Friendship Treaties that were signed in this territory, setting the terms of coexistence between settlers and the Mi’kmaq people. These Treaties remain in place today.

We recognize our responsibility to uphold the Treaties in the spirit of Reconciliation and collaboration. We acknowledge the harms that have created and continue to create health inequities for Mi’kmaq People, and we commit to moving forward in partnership.

We are all Treaty People.

We recognize the histories, legacies and contributions of African Nova Scotians, a distinct people with connections to the original 52 land-based Black communities. African Nova Scotians have been a key part of enriching the culture and history of Mi’kma’ki for more than 400 years.

Mi’kma’ki includes all of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, part of New Brunswick, the Gaspé region of Quebec, part of Maine, and southwestern Newfoundland.

Intern

An intern is an individual licensed with the NSPR who is participating in a period of practice experience after having obtained a degree in pharmacy, but before being registered and licensed to practice as a pharmacist.

The requirements to be registered and licensed as a pharmacist include the completion of practice experience. In order for practice experience to qualify as meeting these requirements, it must be completed when the applicant is a licensed student or a licensed intern.

Form: Declaration of Practice Experience Form Intern

Application: Registration as an Intern: Graduated Registered Pharmacy Students

Application: Registration as an Intern: Lapsed Pharmacy Student Registration

Application: Registration as an Intern: International Applicant

Application: Registration as an Intern: Resumption of Practice

Note: For criminal record checks, applicants must complete an “Enhanced Police Information Check” (myBackCheck) by visiting www.sterlingtalentsolutions.ca/nspharmacists. The record check must be conducted within three months of the completed registration process.

Licensure to practice pharmacy as an intern automatically expires on December 31 and must be renewed each year.

The requirements to renew licensure include maintaining appropriate professional liability insurance, signed declarations, and the submission of the annual renewal form and fees by the renewal deadline of November 30 of each year. Renewing after November 30 incurs a late fee.

If your licensure expires, you must also apply to resume practice and pay additional fees.  

Licensure renewals can be completed through the NSPR Registrant Portal.