Section 99 · Controlled Substances Regulations

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99Orders and prescriptions#

(1)A pharmacist or pharmacy technician may compound a finished product, other than one containing a restricted drug, if they do so for the purpose of fulfilling a prescription and if they first receive the following with respect to the finished product from one of the following persons:

(a)in the case of an individual, a written prescription;

(b)in the case of another pharmacist,

(i)a written order that is signed and dated and that contains the information set out in subsection (2) or, in the case of an emergency, either such a written order or a verbal order,

(ii)a written prescription, or

(iii)a copy of the document on which the information with respect to a verbal prescription is recorded under section 117;

(c)in the case of another pharmacy technician,

(i)a written prescription, or

(ii)a copy of the document on which the information with respect to a verbal prescription is recorded under section 117;

(d)in the case of a practitioner,

(i)if they are not practising in a hospital, a written order that is signed and dated and that contains the information set out in subsection (2) or, in the case of an emergency, either such a written order or a verbal order, or

(ii)a written or verbal prescription; or

(e)in the case of a hospital, a written order that is signed and dated by a person permitted to place an order on the hospital’s behalf and that contains the information set out in subsection (2) or, in the case of an emergency, either such a written order or a verbal order from such a person.

(2)The information that must be contained in the written order is the following:

(a)with respect to the person placing the order,

(i)in the case of another pharmacist, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where they practise,

(ii)in the case of a practitioner, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where they practise, and

(iii)in the case of a hospital, its name and municipal address, as well as the name of the person permitted to place the order on its behalf;

(b)with respect to the pharmacist or pharmacy technician compounding the finished product, their name and the name and municipal address of the place where they practise;

(c)the date of the order;

(d)with respect to the finished product,

(i)its name, and

(ii)its form, strength, the number of containers and, if applicable, the number of units per container; and

(e)if applicable, a declaration from the other pharmacist that they require the finished product for emergency purposes.

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