Prescribing CDS for nurse practitioners
CARNA grants authorization for NPs and GNPs to prescribe controlled drugs and substances (CDS), including those monitored under the Triplicate Prescription Program (TPP). Authorization is granted only after an NP or GNP completes the requirements outlined below. Until that point, a condition is placed on the practice permit restricting the individual from prescribing CDS.
New applicants will need to meet these requirements according to policies adopted by the CARNA registration committee.
Please contact us at nursepractitioners@nurses.ab.ca if
you have any questions.
The federal legislation New Classes of Practitioners Regulations was passed in November 2012. This legislation provided NPs with the additional prescriptive authority of Controlled Drugs and Substances (CDS).
CARNA began authorizing NPs and GNPs to prescribe controlled drugs and substances (CDS) in February 2014.
For more information, download the prescribing standards for NPs.
When an NP successfully completes these requirements, they will be able to prescribe CDS, including those monitored under the Triplicate Prescription Program (TPP).
New applicants will need to meet these requirements according to policies adopted by the CARNA registration committee.
Complete a CDS prescribing education course. If CDS prescribing was part of your Alberta NP program curriculum (completed after 2015), you have met the education requirement and can move on to completing the CDS jurisprudence requirement. If you completed your CDS education in an NP program outside of Alberta, please contact nursepractitioners@nurses.ab.ca to determine if the program meets our requirements.
Confirmation of completion
From CARNA
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Prescribing Standards for Nurse Practitioners
Published June 2018