Narcotic Control Regulations

24 (1) No licensed dealer shall sell or provide a narcotic to any person except in accordance with this section and sections 27 and 28.

(2) Subject to subsection (2.2) and section 25, a licensed dealer may sell or provide any narcotic other than diacetylmorphine (heroin) or methadone to

• (a) another licensed dealer;

• (b) a pharmacist;

• (c) a practitioner;

• (d) a hospital employee or a practitioner in a hospital;

• (e) a person exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to the possession of that narcotic; or

• (f) [Repealed, SOR/2010-221, s. 11]

(2.1) For the purpose of subsection (2), for greater certainty, a licensed dealer may sell or provide a narcotic to a midwife, nurse practitioner or podiatrist only if the midwife, nurse practitioner or podiatrist is permitted to prescribe or possess the narcotic, or to conduct an activity with it, in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of the New Classes of Practitioners Regulations.

(2.2) No licensed dealer shall sell or provide dried marihuana to a person referred to in paragraph (2)(b), (c) or (d) unless the dealer produced it under contract with Her Majesty in right of Canada.

(3) Subject to section 25, a licensed dealer may sell or provide methadone to

• (a) another licensed dealer;

• (b) a pharmacist;

• (c) a hospital employee;

• (c.1) if practising in a hospital, a practitioner of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine or a nurse practitioner;

• (d) a person exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to the possession of that narcotic; or

• (e) [Repealed, SOR/2010-221, s. 11]

(4) Subject to section 25, a licensed dealer may sell or provide diacetylmorphine (heroin) to

• (a) another licensed dealer;

• (b) a hospital employee, where that hospital provides care or treatment to persons;

• (b.1) if practising in a hospital, a practitioner of medicine or dentistry, where that hospital provides care or treatment to persons; or

• (c) a person exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to the possession of that narcotic for a scientific purpose.

(5) A licensed dealer may sell or provide cannabis to a licensed producer.