Starting today, Quebecers can skip the emergency room and go straight to their local pharmacist for some basic medical services in the province.

After years of negotiations, the province's pharmacists have reached a tentative deal with the government.

In 2011, the province of Quebec passed Bill 41. The law was supposed to help free up doctors by expanding the roles of pharmacists, but it's only coming into effect now.

The main stumbling block in negotiations was how much money pharmacists should be compensated in exchange for their extra work.

The details of the proposed agreement between pharmacists and the province won't be released until it's been approved by the Quebec Association of Pharmacy Owners, however patients won't have to pay anything extra.

Most of the new services will be covered by the provincial or private health insurance.

Here's a list of the pharmacists' new responsibilities: