Alberta pharmacist lookup (ACP registration number).

What the directory is, in the College’s own words

The College’s disclaimer says the purpose of the directory is to help the public identify persons authorized to provide pharmacy care in Alberta and to determine the practice status of registered members. It adds that the information is not designed for any other purpose, including marketing or research. The same directory also holds information about every licensed pharmacy in the province.

The legal basis is stated plainly. The Health Professions Act, the Pharmacy and Drug Act, their regulations and the College bylaws require the College to maintain registers, and the College lists what those registers must contain: name, registration number, place of employment and registration type for every registrant. The public directory is extracted from the official registers and refreshed nightly, which is why a change made this morning may not show until tomorrow.

The title drop-down is the real map of registration types

The title field lists the categories the College uses: Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Provisional Pharmacist, Provisional Pharmacy Technician, Provisional Pharmacist: Educational Rotation, Student, Student: Educational Rotation, Pharmacist Locum, Technician Locum, Suspended and Suspended Technician. Reading it tells you something a name search will not. A person can appear as a provisional registrant or a student, which is not the same as a fully registered pharmacist, and locums are listed as their own type. If a person offering you advice is a student or provisional registrant, the title on the record says so.

The list also has two suspended entries, one for pharmacists and one for technicians. That is useful context for anyone who has been told a pharmacist “lost their licence”: the College keeps suspension as a visible category rather than silently deleting the person. What the entry means in practice, and for how long, is something to confirm with the College.

Discipline and the sexual-abuse list

Two related lists sit next to the directory. The first is the College’s hearing decisions page, which states that hearing tribunal decisions under Part 4 of the Health Professions Act are posted for 10 years. The second is a separate view of pharmacy professionals suspended or cancelled because of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct, linked from the search box. A clean directory entry therefore does not by itself answer a conduct question; the decisions page is where outcomes are published.

Looking up a pharmacy rather than a person

The pharmacy search is a separate form. It takes a pharmacy name, phone number, address, city or town, and postal code. Use it when you only know the shop (say, the one that filled a prescription) and want to confirm it is licensed. It is the right first step before ordering from an unfamiliar Alberta pharmacy, though it will not tell you anything about online pharmacies licensed elsewhere.

A worked example (hypothetical)

A patient in Canmore is told that “Pat Example” (a made-up name) gave a vaccination at a pop-up clinic and wants to confirm that Pat is allowed to inject. This describes no real person.

Open the directory, type the last name and the first name, and choose Canmore in the city or town list. If several results appear, add the “Administer drugs by injection” check box to filter on that authorization. Open the record and read the title. A Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with the authorization ticked is consistent with what you were told; a Student entry or no match calls for a question to the clinic. If you cannot find Pat at all, try the registration number printed on any paperwork, then a postal-code search around the clinic, and finally email the College using the contact on its disclaimer page.

What this page does not cover

• It does not run the search or store anything you type; there is no form on this page.
• It does not state an ACP registration number format, because the College does not publish one on the directory.
• It does not cover pharmacists registered only in another province; Ontario, for example, has its own register.
• It does not interpret drug interactions, prescribing rules or whether a pharmacist may substitute a medication.
• It does not list prescriber rules for other professions, although the College keeps separate prescriber lists.