Narcotic Control Regulations
53 (1) No practitioner shall administer a narcotic to a person or animal, or prescribe, sell or provide a narcotic for a person or animal, except as authorized under this section or the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a practitioner may administer a narcotic to a person or animal, or prescribe, sell or provide a narcotic for a person or animal, if
(a) the person or animal is a patient under his professional treatment; and
(b) the narcotic is required for the condition for which the person or animal is receiving treatment.
(3) No practitioner shall administer methadone to a person or animal, or prescribe, sell or provide methadone for a person or animal, unless the practitioner is exempted under section 56 of the Act with respect to methadone.
(4) A practitioner of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine shall not administer diacetylmorphine (heroin) to an animal or to a person who is not an in-patient or out-patient of a hospital providing care or treatment to persons, and shall not prescribe, sell or provide diacetylmorphine (heroin) for an animal or such a person.
- SOR/85-930, s. 7
- SOR/99-124, s. 6
- SOR/2001-227, s. 71
- SOR/2004-237, s. 20
- SOR/2012-230, s. 22
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