Cannabis Regulations — 348
Administration, distribution and sale 348 (1) An individual in charge of a hospital must not permit cannabis products to be administered, distributed or sold, except in accordance with this section. Hospital patients (2) An individual in charge of a hospital may permit cannabis products, other than cannabis plants and cannabis plant seeds, received from a holder of a licence for sale or a holder of a licence for processing to be (a) administered, on receipt of a medical document or written order, to an inpatient or outpatient of the hospital; or (b) distributed — but not sent — or sold, on receipt of a medical document or written order, to an individual referred to in paragraph (a) or an adult who is responsible for them. Requirements — distribution or sale (3) An individual in charge of a hospital must, if they permit cannabis products to be distributed or sold under paragraph (2)(b), ensure that (a) the quantity of cannabis that is distributed or sold does not exceed the equivalent of the lesser of (i) 30 times the daily quantity of dried cannabis that is specified in the medical document or written order, and (ii) 150 g of dried cannabis; (b) the cannabis products are distributed or sold in the container in which they were received from the holder of the licence for sale or the holder of the licence for processing; (c) a label is applied to the container in which the cannabis products were received indicating (i) the given name, surname and profession of the health care practitioner who signed the medical document or written order, (ii) the given name and surname of the patient, (iii) the daily quantity of dried cannabis that is specified in the medical document or written order, and (iv) the date on which the cannabis products are distributed or sold; (d) the patient or responsible adult is provided with the current version of the document entitled Consumer Information — Cannabis , published by the Government of Canada on its website; and (e) the patient or responsible adult is provided with a separate document containing the information referred to in paragraph (c). Emergency purposes (4) An individual in charge of a hospital may permit cannabis products, other than cannabis plants and cannabis plant seeds, received from a holder of a licence for sale or a holder of a licence for processing to be distributed or sold for emergency purposes to an employee of or a health care practitioner in another hospital on receipt of an order, in writing, that has been signed and dated by a pharmacist in the other hospital or a health care practitioner who is authorized by the individual in charge of the other hospital to order cannabis products. Verification of signature (5) An individual in charge of a hospital must not permit cannabis products to be distributed or sold under subsection (4) unless the signature on the order has been verified by the individual who distributes or sells the cannabis products, if it is unknown to them. Distribution for research purposes (6) An individual in charge of a hospital may permit cannabis products, other than cannabis plants and cannabis plant seeds, to be distributed for research purposes to an individual who is employed in a research laboratory in the hospital and who holds a licence for those purposes. Return or destruction (7) An individual in charge of a hospital may permit cannabis products to be (a) returned to the holder of the licence for sale or the holder of the licence for processing from which the cannabis products were received, on receipt of a written request for the cannabis products that has been signed and dated by, or on behalf of, the holder; or (b) distributed or sold, for destruction, to a holder of a licence for sale, or a holder of a licence for processing, that is authorized to destroy cannabis that they did not produce, sell or distribute, on receipt of a written request for the cannabis products that has been signed and dated by, or on behalf of, the holder.