Narcotic Control Regulations

31 (1) No pharmacist shall sell or provide narcotics except in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) and sections 34 to 36.

(2) A pharmacist may sell or provide a narcotic other than methadone to a person

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

• (b) if the pharmacist has first received a written order or prescription therefor signed and dated by a practitioner and the signature of the practitioner, where not known to the pharmacist, has been verified by him.

(3) A pharmacist may sell or provide methadone to

• (a) a licensed dealer;

• (b) another pharmacist;

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

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

• (e) a person from whom the pharmacist has received a written order or prescription therefor signed and dated by a practitioner of medicine who is exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to methadone.