Narcotic Control Regulations

Marginal note:Provision to hospital

• 35 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a pharmacist may provide a narcotic to an employee of a hospital or a practitioner in a hospital if the pharmacist receives a written order for the narcotic signed and dated by

  • (a) the pharmacist in charge of the hospital’s pharmacy;

  • (b) except in the case of diacetylmorphine (heroin), a practitioner who is authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to sign the order; or

  • (c) in the case of diacetylmorphine (heroin), a practitioner of medicine or dentistry or a nurse practitioner who is authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to sign the order.

• Marginal note:Signature

  (2) Before providing a narcotic under subsection (1), the pharmacist receiving the order must know the signature on the order or verify it.