D-3, r. 11 - Regulation respecting the standards for the form and content of verbal or written prescriptions made by a dentist

Updated to 12 December 2023

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chapter D-3, r. 11

Regulation respecting the standards for the form and content of verbal or written prescriptions made by a dentist

Dental Act

(chapter D-3, s. 19, par. c).

DIVISION I WRITTEN PRESCRIPTIONS

1. A dentist shall not furnish prescription slips for medication, devices or treatments unless they clearly indicate:

(1)  his name, address and telephone number;

(2)  the date of the prescription;

(3)  the patient’s identity including his address;

(4)  his signature;

(5)  his licence number;

(6)  in the case of a treatment, the nature of the treatment;

(7)  in the case of a medication, the name of the medication, the pharmaceutical form, the concentration, the quantity prescribed or the length of treatment, the dosage and the number of authorized renewals;

(8)  in the case of a device, the kind and description of the device with, in the case of a removable prosthesis, a diagram of the device;

(9)  for a renewable prescription, its period of validity.

Subparagraphs 5 and 8 do not apply to prescriptions written at a hospital centre for a user to whom the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) applies or for a beneficiary within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5).

O.C. 1531-89, s. 1.

DIVISION II VERBAL PRESCRIPTIONS

2. A dentist who makes a verbal prescription for medication or treatments shall clearly indicate the items set out in section 1.

O.C. 1531-89, s. 2.

DIVISION III FINAL

3. (Omitted).

O.C. 1531-89, s. 3.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1531-89, 1989 G.O. 2, 3857