Narcotic Control Regulations

Marginal note:General obligations

63 A person who is in charge of a hospital shall

• (a) keep or cause to be kept in a book, register or other record maintained for such purposes,

  • (i) the name and quantity of any narcotic received,

  • (ii) the name and address of the person from whom any narcotic was received and the date received,

  • (iii) the name and quantity of any narcotic used in the making or assembling of a product or compound containing that narcotic,

  • (iv) the name and quantity of any product or compound that was made or assembled and that contains that narcotic and the date on which the product or compound was made or assembled,

  • (v) the name of the patient for whom a narcotic, other than dextropropoxyphene or a verbal prescription narcotic, was dispensed,

  • (vi) the name of the practitioner ordering or prescribing a narcotic, other than dextropropoxyphene or a verbal prescription narcotic, and

  • (vii) the date a narcotic, other than dextropropoxyphene or a verbal prescription narcotic was ordered or prescribed and the form and quantity thereof;

  • (viii) to (x) [Repealed, SOR/2018-147, s. 23]

• (b) maintain the recorded information in such form as to enable an audit to be made from time to time for a period of not less than two years from the making thereof;

• (c) take all necessary steps to protect narcotics in the hospital against loss or theft, and report to the Minister any loss or theft of narcotics within 10 days of his discovery thereof.