Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Disclosure to nursing statutory body

• 353 (1) The Minister must disclose, in writing, factual information about a nurse — in relation to cannabis — that has been obtained under the Act or the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to

  • (a) the nursing statutory body for a province in which the nurse is, or was, entitled to practise if

    • (i) the nursing statutory body submits to the Minister a written request that sets out the nurse’s name and address, a description of the information being requested and a statement that the information is required for the purpose of assisting an investigation by the body,

    • (ii) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the nurse has contravened, in relation to cannabis, a rule of conduct established by the nursing statutory body,

    • (iii) the Minister becomes aware that the nurse has been convicted of

      • (A) a designated offence,

      • (B) a controlled substance offence in relation to cannabis,

      • (C) a contravention of the former Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations or the former Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations, or

      • (D) a contravention of the Narcotic Control Regulations in relation to cannabis, or

    • (iv) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the nurse has contravened this Part, the former Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations, the former Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulationsor — in relation to cannabis — the Narcotic Control Regulations; and

  • (b) the nursing statutory body for a province in which the nurse is not entitled to practise if the nursing statutory body submits to the Minister

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

    • (ii) a document that shows that

      • (A) the nurse has applied to the nursing statutory body to practise in that province, or

      • (B) the nursing statutory body has reasonable grounds to believe that the nurse is practising in that province without being authorized to do so.

• Marginal note:Definitions

  (2) The following definitions apply in this section.

  nurse

  nurse means an individual — other than a nurse practitioner — who is authorized by a nursing statutory body to practise nursing. (infirmier)

  nursing statutory body

  nursing statutory body means the authority that is responsible for authorizing individuals to practise nursing in a province. (organisme régissant la profession d’infirmier)