Cannabis Regulations

Marginal note:Sale, distribution and administration

• 193 (1) Subject to the other provisions of these Regulations, it is prohibited for a person to sell, distribute or administer a prescription drug that a hospital possesses without the authorization of the individual in charge of the hospital.

• Marginal note:In–patients and out-patients

  (2) The individual in charge of a hospital may authorize the sale, distribution or administration of a prescription drug only in accordance with a prescription or a written order, signed and dated by a practitioner and only

  • (a) in the case of administration, to an individual or an animal under treatment as an in-patient or out-patient of the hospital; or

  • (b) in the case of sale or distribution, for the individual referred to in paragraph (a) or to the person in charge of the animal referred to in paragraph (a).

• Marginal note:Distribution or sale in an emergency

  (3) Despite subsection (2), for emergency purposes, the individual in charge of a hospital may authorize the sale or distribution of a prescription drug without a prescription to

  • (a) an employee of or a practitioner in another hospital, if

    • (i) the drug is sold or distributed in accordance with a written order signed and dated by a pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy in the other hospital or by a practitioner who is authorized by the individual in charge of the other hospital to sign the order, and

    • (ii) if the signature of the pharmacist or the practitioner is known to the person who sells or distributes the drug or has been verified by that person;

  • (b) a pharmacist of another hospital, if

    • (i) the drug is sold or distributed in accordance with a written order signed and dated by the pharmacist, and

    • (ii) the signature of the pharmacist or the practitioner who is authorized by the individual in charge of the other hospital to sign the order is known to the person who sells or distributes the drug or has been verified by that person; and

  • (c) an individual who is exempted under section 140 of the Act with respect to the drug and who is employed in a research laboratory in the hospital for the purpose of research.