NLR 53/18 - Monitored Drugs Regulations under the Prescription Monitoring Act

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. John’s , June 28, 2018. Ann Marie Hann Clerk of Executive Council REGULATIONS Analysis 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Monitored drugs 4. Non-application of Act Short title 1. These regulations may be cited as the Monitored Drugs Regulations . 53/18 s1 Back to Top Definitions 2. 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 Back to Top Monitored drugs 3. 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 Back to Top Non-application of Act 4. (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