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:Inpatients and outpatients

  (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, signed and dated by a practitioner, and only

  • (a) in the case of administration, to an individual or an animal under treatment as an inpatient or outpatient 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 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 or practitioner authorized by the individual in charge of the other hospital to sign the order, and

    • (ii) the person that sells or distributes the drug verifies the signature of the pharmacist or practitioner, if that signature is unknown to the 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 a pharmacist or practitioner who is authorized by the individual in charge of the other hospital to sign the order, and

    • (ii) the person that sells or distributes the drug verifies the signature of the pharmacist or practitioner, if that signature is unknown to the person; and

  • (c) an individual who is exempt 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.