NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 19/20

Authorization to Prescribe Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Pharmacy Act, 2012

(Filed March 26, 2020)

Under the authority of section 59 of the Pharmacy Act, 2012, the Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy Board, with the approval of the Minister of Health and Community Services, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, March 26, 2020.

Gerri Thompson
Chairperson, Newfoundland and
Labrador Pharmacy Board

Dr. John Haggie
Minister of Health and Community Services

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.13 Amdt.
Other duties of pharmacists

        2.   S.13.1 Added
Drugs listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada)

          

NLR 73/15
as amended

        1. Subsection 13(4) of the Authorization to Prescribe Regulations is repealed.

 

        2. The regulations are amended by adding immediately after section 13 the following:

Drugs listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada)

   13.1 (1) A pharmacist shall not prescribe a drug listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) or the regulations under that Act.

             (2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), a pharmacist authorized under section 4 may prescribe a drug listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) or the regulations under that Act where

             (a)  the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) or the regulations under that Act authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe that drug; or

             (b)  an exemption is issued under subsection 56(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) that authorizes a pharmacist to prescribe that drug.

             (3)  A pharmacist authorized under paragraph (2)(b) shall only prescribe a drug listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada) or the regulations under that Act

             (a)  in accordance with the terms and conditions of the exemption; and

             (b)  for the period of time that the exemption is in effect.

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