Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 - SECT 36

Storage requirements

36. Storage requirements



(1) A person to whom this regulation applies must-

   (a)  store any Schedule 4 poison in the person's possession in a lockable
        storage facility; and

   (b)  store any Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison in the person's
        possession in a lockable room or in a lockable storage facility which
        is firmly fixed to a floor or wall; and

   (c)  take all reasonable steps to ensure that the storage facilities for
        Schedule 4 poisons, Schedule 8 poisons and Schedule 9 poisons remain
        locked and secured to prevent access by an unauthorised person at all
        times, except when it is necessary to open them to carry out an
        essential operation in connection with the poisons stored in them.

Penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) This regulation applies to-

   (a)  a person referred to in Column 1 of Part 2 of the table in regulation
        5 as authorised to have in his or her possession a Schedule 4 poison
        or Schedule 8 poison; and

   (b)  an approved provider of an aged care service if-

   (i)  in that service there is a resident who is receiving a high level of
        residential care; and

   (ii) that resident has been supplied, on prescription, with a Schedule 4
        poison, a Schedule 8 poison, or a Schedule 9 poison.