Food and Drug Regulations

Marginal note:Verbal order

• G.02.058 (1) A licensed dealer may sell or provide a controlled drug listed in Part II or III of the schedule to this Part if

  • (a) the dealer has received a verbal order that specifies the name and quantity of the drug to be supplied; and

  • (b) in the case of the provision of the drug to a hospital employee or a practitioner in a hospital, the order has been placed by the pharmacist in charge of the hospital’s pharmacy or by a practitioner authorized by the person in charge of the hospital to place the order.

• Marginal note:Receipt

  (2) A licensed dealer that has received a verbal order from a pharmacist or practitioner must, within five working days after filling the order, obtain and keep a receipt that includes

  • (a) the signature of the pharmacist or practitioner who received the controlled drug;

  • (b) the date on which the pharmacist or practitioner received the controlled drug; and

  • (c) the name and quantity of the controlled drug.

• Marginal note:No further sale without receipt

  (3) If the licensed dealer has not obtained the receipt within five working days, the dealer must not sell or provide a controlled drug to the pharmacist or practitioner in accordance with a further verbal order received from them until after obtaining the receipt.