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Narcotic Control Regulations

Version of section 27 from 2014-11-07 to 2016-08-25:

  •  (1) Subject to this section, a licensed dealer may, in accordance with the terms and conditions of their dealer’s licence, sell or provide a narcotic under subsections 24(2) to (5) if the licensed dealer has, on the premises specified in the licence, received

    • (a) a written order,

    • (b) an order sent through a computer from a remote input device, or

    • (c) a verbal order for verbal prescription narcotics

    that specifies the name and quantity of the narcotic to be supplied.

  • (2) A licensed dealer who has received an order referred to in paragraph (1)(a) may sell or provide a narcotic under subsections 24(2) to (5) if

    • (a) the order is signed and dated

      • (i) if the narcotic is to be sold or provided to a person referred to in paragraph 24(2)(a), (b), (c) or (e), 24(3)(a), (b) or (d) or subsection 24(5), by that person, or

      • (ii) if the narcotic is to be provided to a hospital employee or a practitioner in a hospital, by the pharmacist in charge of the dispensary of the hospital or by a practitioner authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to sign the order; and

    • (b) the signature of the person referred to in paragraph (a), if unknown to the licensed dealer, has been verified.

  • (3) A licensed dealer who has received an order referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) may provide a narcotic to a hospital employee or to a practitioner in a hospital if the order has been placed by the pharmacist in charge of the dispensary of the hospital or by a practitioner authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to place the order.

  • (3.1) A licensed dealer who has received an order sent through a computer from a remote input device referred to in paragraph (1)(b) may provide methadone to the following persons, if the order has been placed by a practitioner exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to methadone:

    • (a) a hospital employee; or

    • (b) if practising in a hospital, a practitioner of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine or a nurse practitioner.

  • (4) A licensed dealer may sell or provide a narcotic pursuant to an order received from a remote input device through a computer if the computer program and the remote input device meet the requirements of subsections (6) and (7).

  • (5) A licensed dealer who has received a verbal order referred to in paragraph (1)(c), and has sold or provided a verbal prescription narcotic to a person referred to in paragraph 24(2)(b), (c) or (d), shall immediately record

    • (a) the name of the person to whom the verbal prescription narcotic was sold or provided;

    • (b) if the verbal prescription narcotic was provided to a hospital employee or a practitioner in a hospital, the name of the person who placed the order; and

    • (c) the date the order was received.

  • (6) For the purposes of this section, a remote input device shall be a device for transmitting electronically orders for drugs, other than by voice communication, that

    • (a) contains a unique identifying code that can be related to the device and the pharmacist or practitioner in whose possession and care the remote input device has been placed;

    • (b) is in the possession and care of that pharmacist or practitioner; and

    • (c) is designed in such a way that the unique identifying code for the remote input device is an integral part of the circuitry and can only be modified by the dismantling of the device.

  • (7) For the purposes of this section, a computer program shall be able to

    • (a) identify the remote input device, the name and address of the pharmacist or practitioner in whose possession and care the remote input device has been placed;

    • (b) identify the pharmacist or practitioner placing the order by means of a code unique to that pharmacist or practitioner;

    • (c) process separately and identify narcotics by the segregation of orders for those narcotics;

    • (d) detect unusual orders and thereby necessitate intervention by the licensed dealer; and

    • (e) necessitate manual intervention by the licensed dealer if one or more of the check procedures fails.

  • (8) Where a licensed dealer has received an order referred to in paragraph (1)(b) from a pharmacist or practitioner, he shall, within five working days after filling the order, obtain and keep a receipt that includes

    • (a) the signature of the pharmacist or practitioner who received the narcotic;

    • (b) the date the pharmacist or practitioner received the narcotic; and

    • (c) the name and quantity of the narcotic.

  • (9) If a licensed dealer has not obtained a receipt from a pharmacist or practitioner under subsection (8) within the time prescribed by that subsection, the licensed dealer shall not, until after obtaining the receipt, sell or provide a narcotic to the pharmacist or practitioner pursuant to any further

    • (a) order sent through a computer from a remote input device referred to in paragraph (1)(b), or

    • (b) verbal order referred to in paragraph (1)(c) from that pharmacist or practitioner who placed the order for which no receipt has been received.

  • SOR/78-154, s. 4
  • SOR/85-588, s. 7
  • SOR/85-930, s. 5
  • SOR/99-124, s. 3
  • SOR/2004-237, s. 12
  • SOR/2010-221, s. 12
  • SOR/2012-230, s. 19
  • SOR/2013-119, s. 210
  • SOR/2013-172, s. 6
  • SOR/2014-260, ss. 23(E), 26(F)

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