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Narcotic Control Regulations

Version of section 35 from 2019-12-09 to 2024-11-11:


Marginal note:Provision to hospital

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), a pharmacist may provide a narcotic to an employee of a hospital or a practitioner in a hospital if the pharmacist receives a written order for the narcotic signed and dated by

    • (a) the pharmacist in charge of the hospital’s pharmacy;

    • (b) except in the case of diacetylmorphine (heroin), a practitioner who is authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to sign the order; or

    • (c) in the case of diacetylmorphine (heroin), a practitioner of medicine or dentistry or a nurse practitioner who is authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to sign the order.

  • Marginal note:Signature

    (2) Before providing a narcotic under subsection (1), the pharmacist receiving the order must know the signature on the order or verify it.

  • SOR/85-588, s. 12
  • SOR/99-124, s. 5
  • SOR/2004-237, s. 15
  • SOR/2018-37, s. 5
  • SOR/2019-169, s. 10

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