25(1)The Department of Health is exempt from procuring the following goods and services through the Minister and is not required to procure them through a competitive bidding process:
(a)
subject to subsection (2), drugs and related supplies prescribed for patients who have been accepted as the responsibility of the Department of Health and have been discharged from a hospital facility or institution to their home or are new patients under the homecare program; and
(b)
prescribed drugs for inmates in provincial penal institutions.
25(2)Prescriptions for drugs referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be filled locally and shall not be used for stock or stock replacement.
25The Department of Health is exempt from procuring through the Minister, and is not required to procure through a competitive bidding process, drugs and related supplies prescribed for patients who have been accepted as the responsibility of the Department of Health and have been discharged from a hospital facility or institution to their home or are new patients under the home-care program, but prescriptions for these drugs shall be filled locally and this exemption shall not be used for stock or stock replacement.
25The Department of Health is exempt from procuring through the Minister, and is not required to procure through a competitive bidding process, drugs and related supplies prescribed for patients who have been accepted as the responsibility of the Department of Health and have been discharged from a hospital facility or institution to their home or are new patients under the home-care program, but prescriptions for these drugs shall be filled locally and this exemption shall not be used for stock or stock replacement.