On June 10, 2015, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, announced the coming into force of amendments to the Narcotic Control Regulations and the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.
“The new regulations will further strengthen public health and safety and address the concerns of healthcare licensing bodies for more oversight in this area,” Ambrose says. “We will continue to work with the licensing bodies to ensure the integrity of the marijuana for medical purposes program.”
The regulations require licensed producers of marijuana for medical purposes to provide quarterly reports to healthcare licensing bodies, such as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, on how healthcare practitioners are authorizing the use of marijuana. The reports will be provided at the request of the provincial and territorial medical and nurse licensing bodies.
These amendments will help healthcare licensing bodies monitor for high dosages, multiple medical authorities and multiple registrations with licensed producers. These amended regulations are in line with provincial and territorial monitoring programs for other narcotics.
