Food and Drug Regulations

G.04.003 If a practitioner alleges or, in any prosecution for an offence under the Act, the Food and Drugs Act or this Part, pleads that their possession of a controlled drug was for use in their practice or that they administered it to a person or animal, or prescribed, sold or provided it for a person or an animal who or that was a patient under their professional treatment and that the controlled drug was required for the condition for which the patient received treatment, the burden of proof in respect of the allegation or plea shall be on the practitioner.