The measure is being done in an effort to attract more pharmacists to the province. The college is waiving the national licensing exam and internship period for pharmacists who come here from the U.S., U.K., Ireland and Australia.
The high-dose influenza, COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccines are publicly funded. But people need to pay for the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for people aged 60.
Joshua Ghiringhelli is still be waiting to be fully licensed as a pharmacist in Nova Scotia almost a year after he moved to the picturesque rural community of Boutillier’s Point.