Can pharmacy professionals administer a Group A Streptococcus (GAS or “strep) test if it is delegated by a physician or other authorized healthcare professional?

Exemptions and authorizations under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act, 1990 (LSCCLA), including performing a strep test, cannot be delegated to a pharmacy professional by another healthcare professional, as confirmed by the Ministry of Health’s Laboratories and Diagnostics Branch.