Food and Drug Regulations

Marginal note:Refilling prescription

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.