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POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 128A Destruction of unusable or unwanted drugs of addiction in managed correctional centres

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 128A

Destruction of unusable or unwanted drugs of addiction in managed correctional centres

128A Destruction of unusable or unwanted drugs of addiction in managed correctional centres

(1) The management company for a managed correctional centre may arrange for unusable or unwanted drugs of addiction at the managed correctional centre to be destroyed by a responsible person in the presence of another person who is--
(a) a pharmacist, or
(b) a medical practitioner, or
(c) a nurse practitioner, or
(d) a dentist.
(2) A responsible person who destroys a drug of addiction under this clause must make a record of the destruction in the managed correctional centre's drug register that includes the following--
(a) the date of the destruction,
(b) the responsible person's name, signature and registration number under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) ,
(c) the name, signature and registration number under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) of the person who witnessed the destruction,
(d) the quantity of the drug of addiction destroyed.
(3) 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 this clause.
(4) If there is no pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre, an authorised practitioner or nurse in charge may be appointed.
(5) This clause does not apply to the destruction of drugs of addiction at a retail pharmacy located at a managed correctional centre.
(6) In this clause--


"authorised practitioner" does not include a veterinary practitioner.


"responsible person" means a person appointed under subclause (3) or (4).
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.