Food and Drug Regulations

C.01.048 (1) Where a person who is a physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon or pharmacist registered and entitled to practise that person’s profession in a province has signed an order specifying the brand name, proper name or common name and the quantity of a drug, other than

• (a) a narcotic as defined in the Narcotic Control Regulations,

• (b) a controlled drug as defined in subsection G.01.001(1), or

• (c) a new drug in respect of which a notice of compliance has not been issued under section C.08.004,

the person who receives the order may distribute the drug to the physician, dentist, veterinary surgeon or pharmacist as a sample if the drug is labelled in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) An order referred to in subsection (1) may provide that the order be repeated at specified intervals during any period not exceeding six months.