Narcotic Control Regulations

57 (1) The Minister must provide in writing factual information about a practitioner that has been obtained under the Act, these Regulations, the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations or the former marihuana Regulations to the provincial professional licensing authority that is responsible for the registration or authorization of persons to practise the profession

• (a) in a province in which the practitioner is, or was, registered or entitled to practise if

  • (i) the authority submits to the Minister a written request that sets out the practitioner’s name and address, a description of the information being sought and a statement that the information is required for the purpose of assisting a lawful investigation by the authority, or

  • (ii) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the practitioner

    • (A) has contravened a rule of conduct established by the authority,

    • (B) has been found guilty in a court of law of a designated drug offence or of a contravention of these Regulations or the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations, or

    • (C) has contravened a provision of these Regulations or the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations; or

• (b) in a province in which the practitioner is not registered or entitled to practise, if the authority submits to the Minister

  • (i) a written request that sets out the practitioner’s name and address and a description of the information being sought, and

  • (ii) either

    • (A) documentation that shows that the practitioner has applied to that authority to practise in that province, or

    • (B) documentation that shows that the authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the practitioner is practising in that province without being authorized to do so.

(2) The Minister is authorized to provide, in respect of a practitioner of medicine who made a medical declaration that formed the basis for the issuance of an authorization to possess under the former marihuana Regulations, the following information to the provincial professional licensing authority that is responsible for the registration or authorization of persons to practise medicine in the province identified in the declaration as the province in which the practitioner is authorized to practise:

• (a) the practitioner’s name and address; and

• (b) the number assigned to their authorization to practise medicine.