Approved controlled substances education for Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in Ontario can prescribe controlled substances, if they have completed approved controlled substances education.

The following programs and courses have been approved by Council for NPs who need to meet their controlled substances education requirement.

Standalone courses

School / Course name	Course approval date
Athabasca University Prescription and Management of Controlled Drugs and Substances	2014
University of Toronto Controlled Drugs and Substances: Essential Management and Prescribing Practices	April 29, 2017
University of Ottawa/Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing Prescribing Narcotics and Controlled Substances	January 17, 2014

School / Course name

Course approval date

Prescription and Management of Controlled Drugs and Substances

2014

Controlled Drugs and Substances: Essential Management and Prescribing Practices

April 29, 2017

University of Ottawa/Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing

Prescribing Narcotics and Controlled Substances

January 17, 2014

All the courses in the table below are approved if the student began the course in September 2017 or later.

School	NP specialty certificate program
Lakehead University	Primary Health Care
Laurentian University	Primary Health Care
McMaster University	Primary Health Care
Queen’s University	Primary Health Care
Toronto Metropolitan University	Primary Health Care
University of Ottawa	Primary Health Care
University of Windsor	Primary Health Care
Western University	Primary Health Care
York University	Primary Health Care
University of Toronto	Adult, Pediatrics and Primary Health Care

School	Course approval date
Athabasca University	Began the program in May 2014 or later
Dalhousie University	Graduated from 2012 onward
McGill University / Université McGill	Graduated from 2020 onward
Memorial University	Graduated from May 2015 onward
University of Regina / Saskatchewan Polytechnic	Began the program in 2014 or later
University of Saskatchewan	Graduated from 2014 onward
Thompson River University	Graduated from 2017 onward
Université de Moncton	Graduated from 2016 onward
Université de Montreal	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université de Sherbrooke	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université de Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université du Quebec a Chicoutimi	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université du Quebec a Rimouski	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université du Quebec en Outaouais	Graduated from 2020 onward
Université Laval	Graduated from 2020 onward
University of Alberta	Graduated from 2015 onward
University of British Columbia	Graduated from 2017 onward
University of Calgary	Graduated from 2015 onward
University of Manitoba	Graduated from 2016 onward
University of New Brunswick	Graduated from 2016 onward
University of Northern British Columbia	Graduated from 2017 onward
University of Prince Edward Island	Graduated from 2018 onward
University of Saskatchewan	Graduated from 2014 onward
University of Victoria	Graduated from 2017 onward