The issue focused on doctors treating patients who received medicine without medical clearance from Health Canada and receiving Medicare prescriptions for medications used by doctors and nurses in hospitals.

Health Minister Jane Philpott announced Wednesday that doctors could continue to prescribe medicines provided they meet regulations regarding pharmacology. She did not specify how doctors would determine whether those doctors had obtained approval from Health Canada or doctors prescribed medicine without valid authorization from the province.

Philpott also refused to explain why doctors might still have doctors prescribing treatments without providing doctors