Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

Regulations are current to 2013-06-10 and last amended on 2013-05-31. Previous Versions

 A licensed dealer shall not sell or provide a controlled drug more than once in respect of one order unless

  • (a) the order for the drug states that the quantity of the drug is to be sold or provided

    • (i) in specified portions,

    • (ii) in separate deliveries not exceeding four deliveries, and

    • (iii) at specified intervals; or

  • (b) at the time of receipt of the order the licensed dealer temporarily does not have in stock the quantity of the drug ordered, in which case the dealer may sell or provide against the order the quantity of the drug that the dealer has available and deliver the balance later in accordance with the order.

  • SOR/2004-238, s. 12;
  • SOR/2010-222, s. 13(F).

 [Repealed, SOR/80-543, s. 12]

Division 3

Pharmacists

  •  (1) A pharmacist, on receipt of a controlled drug from a licensed dealer or from another pharmacist, shall keep a record of the name and quantity of the controlled drug received by them, the name and address of the person who sold or provided it and the date it was received.

  • (2) The record of information referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept

    • (a) in a manner that permits an audit to be made; and

    • (b) subject to subsection (3), in a book, register or similar record maintained exclusively for controlled drugs.

  • (3) The record of information referred to in subsection (1) may, with respect to a controlled drug listed in Part II or III of the schedule to this Part, be kept in a form other than that specified in paragraph (2)(b).

  • SOR/78-427, s. 5;
  • SOR/85-550, s. 4;
  • SOR/86-91, s. 2(F);
  • SOR/90-261, s. 3(F);
  • SOR/97-228, s. 12;
  • SOR/2004-238, s. 13;
  • SOR/2010-222, s. 14(E).

 No pharmacist shall, except as otherwise provided in this Part, sell or provide a controlled drug to any person unless the pharmacist has first been provided with a prescription for it, and

  • (a) if the prescription is in writing, it has been signed and dated by the practitioner issuing the same and the signature of the practitioner where not known to the pharmacist, has been verified by him; or

  • (b) if the prescription is given verbally, the pharmacist has taken reasonable precaution to satisfy himself that the person giving the prescription is a practitioner.

  • SOR/2004-238, s. 14.

 Subject to section G.03.002.2 and notwithstanding sections G.03.002, G.03.003 and G.03.005, no pharmacist shall

  • (a) sell or provide a controlled drug, other than a preparation, to a pharmacist named in a notice given by the Minister under section G.03.017.2;

  • (b) sell or provide a preparation to a pharmacist named in a notice given by the Minister under section G.03.017.2;

  • (c) dispense, sell or provide a controlled drug, other than a preparation, to, or pursuant to a prescription or order given by, a practitioner named in a notice given by the Minister under section G.04.004.2; or

  • (d) dispense, sell or provide a preparation to a practitioner or pursuant to a prescription or order given by a practitioner named in a notice given by the Minister under section G.04.004.2.

  • SOR/2003-135, ss. 7, 8;
  • SOR/2004-238, s. 15.