For the purposes of this document, compounding assessors include third-party assessors and Compounding Supervisors, or their delegates, acting as compounding assessors, as described in the NAPRA model documents for PRAs on compounding standards.
Compounding assessors must meet the following qualifications:
- Regulated as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician1 by one of the pharmacy regulatory authorities (PRAs) in Canada, with no limitations on their practice that would preclude them from acting in this capacity.
- Have sufficient experience in the type(s) of compounding they will be assessing, in a Canadian jurisdiction.
- Have successfully completed a competency assessment that meets the requirements outlined in the NAPRA model documents for PRAs on compounding standards in the past year.
- During first year of implementation: The competency assessment must be completed by an individual that meets the rest of the qualifications outlined in this list (i.e., other than a competency assessment in the past year) and that is free of conflict of interest from the individual under assessment.
- During subsequent years of implementation: The competency assessment must be completed by an individual that meets all of the qualifications outlined in this list and that is free of conflict of interest from the individual under assessment.
- Are not immediately related to the individual under assessment (i.e., connected by blood relationship, marriage, conjugal relationship, or adoption).
- Are able to provide objective, unbiased assessment, including:
- Compounding Supervisors, or their delegates, acting as compounding assessors recognize the potential inherent bias of working for the same facility as the individual under inspection and make every effort to minimize the impact of that potential bias on the assessment.
- Third-party assessors are free of conflict of interest with the individuals and facility under evaluation.
- For the purposes of this statement, “free of conflict of interest” means that the assessor has no relationship that could preclude them from providing a fair, honest, and unbiased assessment because they will be affected by the result (i.e., no business, financial, commercial, or contractual relationship with the individual/facility, or an otherwise close relationship with the individual/facility, that could result in business, professional, or personal benefit from the assessment decision).
- Payment for a third-party assessor’s services does not constitute a conflict of interest, as long as the payment is not conditional on the results of the assessment.
1. This includes pharmacy technicians in Manitoba that are listed with the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba.