Why do registrants pay annual fees?

As the work of the College is set out in legislation, your fees are essential to our duty to regulate the profession in the public interest. Like all self-regulated healthcare professionals in Ontario, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must be registered with their licensing body to practice. This means that as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician, you must register (and renew) with the Ontario College of Pharmacists, and pay the required fee, to legally practice in the province.