Standards Release Schedule

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Standards Regular Release Schedule

Canadian Edition of SNOMED CT: Quarterly (February, May, August, November)
Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set: Monthly
LOINC^® International: February & August
pCLOCD: March 31 & September 30
SNOMED CT International Releases: Monthly
Subset Maintenance: March 31
Subsets to support PrescribeIT: Monthly
Subscription services and other updates to the Terminology Gateway (as required).

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Standards Access

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