Marginal note:Disclosure to licensing authority
333 The Minister must disclose, in writing, factual information about a health care practitioner — in relation to cannabis — that has been obtained under the Act or the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to
(a) the provincial professional licensing authority for a province in which the health care practitioner is, or was, entitled to practise if
(i) the licensing authority submits to the Minister a written request that sets out the health care practitioner’s name and address, a description of the information being requested and a statement that the information is required for the purpose of assisting an investigation by the authority,
(ii) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the health care practitioner has contravened, in relation to cannabis, a rule of conduct established by the licensing authority,
(iii) the Minister becomes aware that the health care practitioner has been convicted of
(A) a designated offence,
(B) a controlled substance offence in relation to cannabis,
(C) a contravention of the former Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations or the former Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations, or
(D) a contravention of the Narcotic Control Regulations in relation to cannabis, or
(iv) the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that the health care practitioner has contravened this Part or the former Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations, the former Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations or — in relation to cannabis — the Narcotic Control Regulations; and
(b) the provincial professional licensing authority for a province in which the health care practitioner is not entitled to practise if the licensing authority submits to the Minister
(i) a written request that sets out the health care practitioner’s name and address and a description of the information being requested, and
(ii) a document that shows that
(A) the health care practitioner has applied to the licensing authority to practise in that province, or
(B) the licensing authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the health care practitioner is practising in that province without being authorized to do so.
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