Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870)

G.03.002.2. Section G.03.002.1 does not apply to a pharmacist to whom the Minister has issued a notice of retraction of the notice

• (a) under section G.03.017.3, in respect of a pharmacist named in a notice issued by the Minister under section G.03.017.2; or

• (b) under section G.04.004.3, in respect of a practitioner named in a notice issued by the Minister under section G.04.004.2.

• G.03.003. (1) A pharmacist may sell or provide a controlled drug to a practitioner for use in their practice

  • (a) upon a written order, signed and dated by that practitioner, that has been verified if the signature of the practitioner is unknown to the pharmacist; or

  • (b) upon a verbal order specifying the name and quantity of the drug if the pharmacist has taken reasonable precautions to satisfy themself that the person making the order is a practitioner.

• (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), for greater certainty, a pharmacist may sell or provide a controlled drug to a midwife, nurse practitioner or podiatrist only if the midwife, nurse practitioner or podiatrist is permitted to prescribe or possess the controlled drug, or to conduct an activity with it, in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of the New Classes of Practitioners Regulations.

G.03.004. A pharmacist shall, in respect of controlled drugs sold or provided to a practitioner under section G.03.003, keep in a special prescription file a record showing the date, the name and address of the practitioner, and the quantity and kind of controlled drug sold or provided.

G.03.005. A pharmacist may provide a controlled drug to a hospital employee or to a practitioner in a hospital on receipt of a written order signed and dated by the pharmacist in charge of the dispensary of the hospital or by a practitioner authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to sign the order, if the signature of that pharmacist or practitioner is known to the pharmacist or, if unknown, has been verified.

G.03.006. A pharmacist shall not refill a prescription for a controlled drug unless

• (a) the practitioner, at the time that he issued the prescription, directed in writing, in the case of a controlled drug listed in Part I of the schedule to this Part, or directed in writing or orally, in the case of a controlled drug listed in Part II or III of the schedule to this Part, that the prescription be refilled, the number of times that it may be refilled and the dates for or the intervals between refills; and

• (b) the pharmacist keeps a record of each refilling of a prescription.