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Food and Drug Regulations

Version of section G.03.002 from 2019-12-09 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:No sale without prescription

 No pharmacist shall, except as otherwise provided in this Part, sell or provide a controlled drug to any person unless the pharmacist has first been provided with a prescription for it, and

  • (a) if the prescription is in writing, it has been signed and dated by the practitioner issuing the same and the signature of the practitioner where not known to the pharmacist, has been verified by him; or

  • (b) if the prescription is given verbally, the pharmacist has taken reasonable precaution to satisfy himself that the person giving the prescription is a practitioner.

  • SOR/2004-238, s. 14

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