Controlled Substances Regulations (SOR/2025-242)

Marginal note:Sale to another pharmacist

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  93 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a pharmacist may, in the case of an emergency, sell or provide a controlled substance, other than a restricted drug, to another pharmacist if they first receive from the other pharmacist either a written order that is signed and dated and that contains the following information or a verbal order:

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    (a) with respect to the other pharmacist placing the order, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where they practise;

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    (b) with respect to the pharmacist selling or providing the controlled substance, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where they practise;

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    (c) the date of the order;

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    (d) in the case of a controlled substance set out in any of Schedules 1 to 3, its name, form and quantity;

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    (e) in the case of a finished product,

    • (i) its name or, if applicable, brand name, as well as the name of the controlled substance it contains,

    • (ii) its form, its strength, the number of containers and, if applicable, the number of units per container, and

    • (iii) its drug identification number, if any; and

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    (f) a declaration from the other pharmacist that they require the controlled substance for emergency purposes.

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  Marginal note:No emergency

  (2) A pharmacist may, in circumstances other than an emergency, sell or provide a controlled substance, other than a restricted drug, to another pharmacist if they do so for the purpose of fulfilling a prescription received at the pharmacy where the other pharmacist practises or if the pharmacy where they practise is ceasing its operations and if they first receive from the other pharmacist a written order that is signed and dated and that contains the following information:

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    (a) with respect to the other pharmacist placing the order, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where they practise;

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    (b) with respect to the pharmacist selling or providing the controlled substance, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where the sale or provision is conducted;

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    (c) the number assigned to the prescription, if applicable;

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    (d) the date of the order;

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    (e) in the case of a controlled substance set out in any of Schedules 1 to 3, its name, form and quantity; and

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    (f) in the case of a finished product,

    • (i) its name or, if applicable, brand name, as well as the name of the controlled substance it contains,

    • (ii) its form, its strength, the number of containers and, if applicable, the number of units per container, and

    • (iii) its drug identification number, if any.

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  Marginal note:Exception — prohibition

  (3) A pharmacist must not sell or provide to the other pharmacist a controlled substance that is the subject of a prohibition on the other pharmacist’s professional practice imposed by the provincial professional regulatory authority.