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Medication Administration Program (MAP)

Last updated on July 13, 2026

This web page has information about PharmaCare's temporary Medication Administration Program, running July 15, 2026, to January 2027.

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Overview

BC PharmaCare’s temporary Medication Administration Program (MAP) pays approved pharmacies a service fee when they support approved B.C. residents in their homes with complex medication tasks. The time-limited program launches on July 15, 2026, and will end in January 2027.

Pharmacies were required to apply by Thursday, June 4, 2026. If an application was approved, PharmaCare followed up with information about how to enrol clients. Only approved pharmacies were contacted.

Once fully enrolled in the program, pharmacies will enter the MAP PIN to claim service(s) – one claim per client per day on which services are provided. The MAP fee is $8.

Pharmacies will be required to keep a log of MAP services provided.

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MAP services and eligibility

Services must be provided by a:

  • B.C. licensed healthcare professional acting within their regulated scope of practice, or
  • Care aide registered* with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry and acting within their trained role as outlined in the Registry’s Health Care Assistant Care Activities Chart (PDF, 270KB)

*To confirm the registration status of a care aide, pharmacies may ask the care aide to provide a registration confirmation letter. They can download this letter by logging into their account on the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry and clicking on “Print Registration Confirmation”. The auto-generated letter will contain the HCA’s registration status and number. Only HCAs with active registration in good standing can access the registration confirmation letter.

Services must include:

Services may include:

  • Clinical assessment and monitoring, including monitoring of vital signs, and other physical assessment if necessary for therapy adjustments
  • Coordinating care with other healthcare providers such as prescribers, mental health teams, and case managers, if necessary or requested by the client

Clients must be enrolled in MSP and meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Significant physical, functional, or cognitive disabilities or barriers preventing them from safely self‑administering injection‑based therapies such as insulin or low-molecular weight heparins
  • Referred by another health authority–based licensed healthcare professional, and are on at least one medication requiring daily monitoring and dose adjustment
  • Enrolled through program affiliations or contractual agreements with health authorities or non-profit health service delivery organizations that existed on or before June 1, 2026, serving older adults (50+) or individuals requiring substance use care
  • Actively followed by community mental health teams and require supervised medication administration and adherence monitoring to support ongoing psychiatric stability

Services covered under MAP must include:

Services must include direct support with medication administration. This includes:

  • Administering oral medications, injectables, inhalers, eyedrops and patches (including fentanyl patch changes)
  • Assisting with the administration of medications, including "supervising* clients during self-administration" and all activities listed under the "Medication Related Activities" group on the Health Care Assistance Care Activities Chart (PDF, 270KB)

Services not covered under MAP when provided in isolation:

The following activities are not eligible for MAP payment if they are not accompanied by at least one of the services described above:

  • Daily dispensing
  • Delivery
  • Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) witnessing
  • Daily witnessed ingestion of any medications; witnessing is defined as having a neutral third party confirming that the clients has physically taken or applied the prescribed dose
  • Blood pressure monitoring
  • Blood glucose monitoring
  • OAT monitoring
  • Clozapine monitoring
  • Mental health checks
  • Wellness checks
  • Dose adjustment activities, including warfarin dosing

For a claim to be approved, both the client and the service provided must fall under the eligibility criteria as described in this policy section.

Forms

MAP application - no longer accepting submissions

The application period has closed. If an application was approved, PharmaCare followed up with information about how to submit a client roster. Only approved pharmacies were contacted.

MAP Patient Roster - no longer accepting submissions

Pharmacies whose MAP applications were approved were required to submit the MAP Patient Roster by June 19, 2026. New patients will not be accepted for the duration of the program.

Approved pharmacies will have received an email with a password to open the MAP Patient Roster (Excel file) and complete both tabs: "Pharmacy Info" and "Patient Info".

MAP Service Log - for approved pharmacies

All MAP services must be documented either in this log or in a log maintained by the pharmacy that captures the same information. Each MAP service must be recorded on the day it is provided.

Pharmacies are responsible for retaining this documentation in the pharmacy and must be able to provide the MAP Service Log on request, as well as supporting records related to client assessment and monitoring and where applicable, documentation of the referral or a formal agreement with a health authority or community organization. 

MAP Health Professional Change form - for approved pharmacies

Pharmacies enrolled in the BC PharmaCare Medication Administration Program (MAP) must submit this form when there is a change in the licensed healthcare professionals or care aides providing MAP services on the pharmacy’s behalf.

Submitting MAP service claims

When submitting claims for the MAP fee through PharmaNet, pharmacies must identify the service provided and the name of at least one medication associated with the service in the SIG field.

The SIG field will support consistent documentation and program monitoring. The SIG field must be entered in the following standardized format:

[service type]_[medication name]

Include the service provided, followed by an underscore and the name of at least one medication associated with the service. 

The following service types should be used:

MAP service types
Service type Description
Administration Direct administration of a medication by a pharmacy employee
Supervised Supervision of a client self-administering a medication
Support Medication adherence or self-administration support, such as medication reminders, reading labels, opening blister packs or containers, dose measurement, or assistance with product use

Examples:

  • administration_insulin
  • supervised_levothyroxine
  • support_apixiban

Ongoing program monitoring

The Ministry of Health is actively monitoring program implementation. Client eligibility and supporting documentation will continue to be reviewed after July 15, 2026, to ensure services are being delivered in accordance with MAP requirements. 

MAP resources