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O. Reg. 172/08: GENERAL


Published: 2008-06-04

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ontario regulation 172/08

made under the

drug and pharmacies regulation act

Made: May 3, 2008
Approved: June 4, 2008
Filed: June 4, 2008
Published on e-Laws: June 5, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 21, 2008


Amending Reg. 551 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. Section 1 of Regulation 551 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

1. In this Regulation,

“controlled drug” means a substance referred to in Part I, II or III of the schedule to Part G of the Food and Drug Regulations (Canada);

“controlled drug preparation” means a substance that contains one controlled drug, and one or more active medicinal ingredients, in a recognized therapeutic dose, that are not controlled drugs;

“internal use” means local or systemic absorption upon introduction into the body by the parenteral route or through a body orifice;

“narcotic drug” means a substance referred to in the schedule to the Narcotic Control Regulations (Canada);

“sell” includes offer to sell, dispense, distribute, give away and supply;

“verbal prescription narcotic” means a substance,

(a) that contains one narcotic drug,

(b) that also contains, in a recognized therapeutic dose, two or more medicinal ingredients that are not narcotic drugs,

(c) that is not intended for parenteral administration, and

(d) that does not contain diacetylmorphine (heroin), hydrocodone, methadone, oxycodone or pentazocine.

2. Section 41 of the Regulation is revoked.

3. (1) Subsection 56 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A verbal prescription for a drug referred to in Schedule I established by Ontario Regulation 297/96 (General) made under the Act shall only be accepted by,

(a) a pharmacist;

(b) an intern; or

(c) a registered pharmacy student under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.

(2) Subsection 56 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “An oral” at the beginning and substituting “A verbal”.

(3) Subsection 56 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(3) A prescription for a narcotic drug, other than a verbal prescription narcotic, shall be in writing.

4. Section 57 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

57. A prescription for a narcotic drug or verbal prescription narcotic shall not be refilled.

5. Section 58 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “referred to in Schedule E or F” and substituting “referred to in Schedule I established by Ontario Regulation 297/96 (General) made under the Act, other than a narcotic drug or verbal prescription narcotic”.

6. Section 59 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

59. Every person who receives, subsequent to the time the prescription is issued, a verbal direction to refill a prescription for a drug referred to in Schedule I, established by Ontario Regulation 297/96 (General) made under the Act, other than a narcotic drug or verbal prescription narcotic, shall forthwith record on the original prescription,

. . . . .

7. Section 60 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “drug referred to in Schedule G” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “substance referred to in Part I of the schedule to Part G of the Food and Drug Regulations (Canada)”.

8. Section 61 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

61. A prescription, except for a narcotic drug or verbal prescription narcotic, shall only be refilled where the person refilling the prescription records,

. . . . .

9. (1) Subsection 62 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

(1) A pharmacist may transfer a prescription to another pharmacist for the purpose of refilling the prescription, except with respect to a prescription for a controlled drug or a controlled drug preparation or a narcotic drug or a verbal prescription narcotic, where,

. . . . .

(2) Subclause 62 (1) (b) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “orally” at the beginning and substituting “verbally”.

(3) Subsection 62 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “orally” and substituting “verbally”.

10. Section 63 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “drug referred to in Schedule G or N” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “controlled drug or a narcotic drug”.

11. Section 64 of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

64. Every manager of a pharmacy shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every sale of a controlled drug, other than a controlled drug preparation, or of a narcotic drug, other than a verbal prescription narcotic, by entering or causing to be entered in a register maintained for that purpose forthwith upon the sale,

. . . . .

12. Section 65 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Schedule G preparation or a Schedule N preparation” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “controlled drug preparation or a verbal prescription narcotic”.

13. Sections 67, 69 and 70 of the Regulation are revoked.

14. This Regulation comes into force on June 4, 2008. 

Made by:

Council of the Ontario College of Pharmacists:

Peter Gdyczynski

President

Deanna Williams

Registrar

Date made: May 3, 2008.