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NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 53/18

Monitored Drugs Regulations

under the

Prescription Monitoring Act

(O.C. 2018-121)

Amended:

2022 cP-30.1 s71

2024 c23 s42

2024 cN-5.1 s76

NEWFOUNDLAND

AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 53/18

Monitored Drugs Regulations

under the

Prescription Monitoring Act

(O.C. 2018-121)

(Filed June 28, 2018)

Under the authority of

section 21 of the Prescription Monitoring Act

, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. Johns

, June 28, 2018.

Ann Marie Hann

Clerk of Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

Short title

Definitions

Monitored drugs

Non-application of Act

Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Monitored Drugs Regulations .

53/18 s1

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Definitions

In these regulations

(a)

"dispense" means to provide a substance or item ordered by prescription but does not include the administration of that substance or item to a person or animal;

(b)

"dispensing dentist" means a dentist licensed under the Dental Act, 2008

who dispenses monitored drugs in the course of

his or her practice;

(b.1)

"dispensing nurse practitioner" means

a nurse practitioner

licensed under the Nurses Act

who dispenses monitored drugs in the course of

the nurse practitioner's practice;

(c)

"dispensing physician" means a medical practitioner licensed under the Medical Act, 2011

who dispenses monitored drugs in the course of

his or her practice;

(d)

"dispensing registered nurse" means a registered nurse

licensed under the Nurses Act

who dispenses monitored drugs in the course of

his or her employment with the Provincial Health Authority ;

(d.1)

"dispensing registered psychiatric nurse" means

a registered psychiatric nurse

licensed under the Nurses Act

who dispenses monitored drugs in the course of

the registered psychiatric nurse's employment with the Provincial Health Authority;

(e)

"hospital" means an acute care health facility operated by the Crown or an agent of the Crown for the care of diseased, injured or sick people but does not include a residential long term care facility;

(f)

"Provincial Health Authority" means the Provincial Health Authority established under the Provincial Health Authority Act ; and

(g)

"veterinarian" means a veterinarian licensed under the Veterinary Medical Act, 2004

who prescribes and dispenses monitored drugs in the course of

his or her practice.

53/18 s2 ; 2022 cP-30.1 s7 ; 2024 c23 s42 ; 2024 cN-5.1 s76

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Monitored drugs

For the purposes of paragraph 2(1)(

e) of the Act the following are monitored drugs:

(

a) opioids listed in

Schedule 1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

(Canada); and

(

b) tramadol.

53/18 s3

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Non-application of Act

(1) The Act does not apply to

(

a) the dispensing of a monitored drug by a dispenser who dispenses a monitored drug to a patient in a hospital to be administered in the hospital; and

(

b) the prescribing and dispensing of a monitored drug by a veterinarian.

(2) Subsection 8(3) of the Act does not apply to a dispensing

dentist, dispensing

physician, dispensing registered nurse, dispensing registered psychiatric nurse or a dispensing nurse practitioner

53/18 s4 ; 2024 c23 s42

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