Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations

Marginal note:Provision of information

81 The Minister may provide in writing any factual information about a pharmacist, a practitioner or a nurse that has been obtained under the Act or these Regulations to the provincial professional licensing authority responsible for the authorization or entitlement of the person to practise their profession

• (a) in the province in which the pharmacist, practitioner or nurse is authorized or entitled to practise if

  • (i) the authority submits a written request that sets out the name and address of the pharmacist, practitioner or nurse, 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 pharmacist, practitioner or nurse has

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

    • (B) been found guilty in a court of law of a designated drug offence or of a contravention of these Regulations, or

    • (C) in the case of a pharmacist or practitioner, done any act that the Minister, on reasonable grounds, believes contravenes a provision of these Regulations; or

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

  • (i) a written request for information that states

    • (A) the name and address of the pharmacist, practitioner or nurse, and

    • (B) a description of the information being sought, and

  • (ii) documentation that shows that the pharmacist, practitioner or nurse has applied to that authority to practise in that province.