Is a walk-in doctor allowed to prescribe ADHD medication the same as a family doctor in BC?

A licensed walk-in physician in British Columbia is allowed to prescribe ADHD medication in the same legal sense as a family doctor if they are authorized to prescribe that drug, but they are not required to prescribe it the same way, for the same duration, or at all, and a walk-in visit is still episodic care. Family doctors and walk-in doctors are both physicians under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia; nurse practitioners have a separate college and prescribing standard. The difference is usually practice model and monitoring, not a hidden law that only GPs may write stimulants. Many ADHD medications are federally controlled, so a walk-in clinician may prescribe a short supply, refuse to start a stimulant, or ask for more records. HealthLink BC treats walk-ins as non-urgent episodic care and still tells unattached people to use the Health Connect Registry. Rules, coverage and referral pathways vary by province and can change; confirm the current position with the relevant institution or provincial program. References: https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-family-doctor-or-nurse-practitioner https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/bcs-primary-care-system/provincial-attachment-system https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/prescription-stimulants.html https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng87/chapter/recommendations