POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 116 Registers to be kept

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 116

116 Registers to be kept

(1) The nurse or midwife in charge of a hospital ward must keep a register of the drugs of addiction kept in the ward.

(2) The responsible person for a residential care facility must keep a register of the drugs of addiction kept in the residential care facility.

(3) The responsible person for a managed correctional centre must keep a register of drugs of addiction kept in the managed correctional centre.

(4) A register must be in the form of a book that--

(a) contains consecutively numbered pages, and

(b) is bound so that the pages cannot be removed or replaced without trace, and

(c) contains provision on each page for the inclusion of the particulars required to be entered in the book.

(5) Separate pages of the register must be used for each drug of addiction and for each form and strength of the drug.

(6) The Secretary may from time to time approve the keeping of a register in another form.

(7) A management company for a managed correctional centre must appoint, by written instrument, a pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre as the responsible person for the purposes of subclause (3).

(8) If there is no pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre, an authorised practitioner, other than a veterinary practitioner, or nurse in charge may be appointed.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.