Narcotic Control Regulations

65 (1) No person in charge of a hospital shall permit a narcotic to be sold, provided or administered except in accordance with this section.

(2) Subject to subsection (5), on receipt of a prescription or a written order signed and dated by a practitioner, the person in charge of a hospital may permit a narcotic other than diacetylmorphine (heroin) to be administered to a person or an animal under treatment as an in-patient or out-patient of the hospital, or to be sold or provided to the person or the person in charge of the animal.

(3) Subject to subsections (5) and (5.1), the person in charge of a hospital may permit a narcotic to be provided, for emergency purposes, to a hospital employee or practitioner in another hospital on receipt of a written order signed and dated by a pharmacist in the other hospital or a practitioner authorized by the person in charge of the other hospital to sign the order.

(4) Subject to subsection (5.1), the person in charge of a hospital may permit a narcotic other than diacetylmorphine (heroin) to be sold or provided, for emergency purposes, to a pharmacist on receipt of a written order signed and dated by the pharmacist.

(5) No person in charge of a hospital shall permit methadone to be sold, provided or administered under subsection (2) or (3) unless the prescribing or ordering practitioner is exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to methadone.

(5.1) No person in charge of a hospital shall permit a narcotic to be sold or provided under subsection (3) or (4) unless the signature of the pharmacist in the other hospital or of the practitioner authorized by the person in charge of the other hospital to sign an order is known to the person who sells or provides the narcotic or has been verified.

(6) A person in charge of a hospital may permit a narcotic to be provided to a person who is exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to the narcotic and who is employed in a research laboratory in the hospital for the purpose of research.

(7) The person in charge of a hospital providing care or treatment to persons may permit diacetylmorphine (heroin) to be sold, provided or administered to a person under treatment as an in-patient or out-patient of the hospital on receipt of a prescription or a written order signed and dated by a practitioner.