Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drug Programs Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drug Programs Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Drug Programs Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drugs and Therapeutics Advisory Service

    • Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drug Programs and Policy Group

    • Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drug Programs and Policy Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1979-

    History

    In 1979, the Drugs and Therapeutics Branch was split into the Ontario Drug Benefit Program (in the Health Insurance Division), and the Drugs and Therapeutics Advisory Service (in the Health Programs Division). This newly-constituted Service was responsible for the professional component of pharmacy, the PARCOST program, recommendations of drugs for the Drug Benefit Formulary/Comparative Drug Index, and for providing information to the public regarding drug prices.

    In 1983, the Drug Programs and Policy Group, of which Drugs and Therapeutics Advisory Service became a part, was created in order to facilitate the consolidation of the Ministry's drug and pharmaceuticals programs. The Group reported initially to the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for Community Liaison and Corporate Resources. In 1985, the Group (since renamed the Drug Programs and Policy Branch) began reporting to the ADM for Emergency Services.

    In 1988, the Branch began reporting to the ADM for Personal Health. Since that time, it has been referred to as the Drug Programs Branch.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Drug Programs Branch provides leadership in pharmaceutical services for the protection and improvement of the health of Ontario residents. It advises the Ministry of Health, other provincial ministries, institutions, professional organizations, pharmaceutical industry and the public on matters which relate to pharmaceuticals, therapeutics and the practice of pharmacy. The Branch is responsible for the delivery of the Ontario Drug Benefit Program, Trillium Drug Program, the Special Drugs Program, and the publication of the Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA42

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drug Programs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1979-1999

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (1999-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA117

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care controls Ontario. Ministry of Health. Drug Programs Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1999-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1847

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

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        Sources

        Not in Canadiana.

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directories.

        KWIC Index to Services of the Ontario Government.

        Inventory for RG 10.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Fontaine