Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 - SECT 40

Details to be contained in records

40. Details to be contained in records



(1) A person required to keep records under this Division must, as soon as
practicable after completing a transaction, record-

   (a)  the date of each transaction; and

   (b)  the name, form, strength and quantity of the poison or controlled
        substance; and

   (c)  in the case of a transaction involving supply on a prescription-

   (i)  the name of the prescriber; and

   (ii) the directions for use as set out on the prescription; and

   (d)  the name and address or location of persons to whom the poison or
        controlled substance is transferred, supplied, administered or
        otherwise disposed of; and

   (e)  in the case of a Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison purchased or
        obtained, the name and address of the person from whom the poison was
        purchased or obtained; and

   (f)  in the case of a Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison which has been
        destroyed by a registered medical practitioner, pharmacist, veterinary
        practitioner or dentist in accordance with regulation 51(3)(a), the
        details set out in regulation 51(3)(b); and

   (g)  in the case of a Schedule 8 poison which has been destroyed by a nurse
        practitioner in accordance with regulation 51(2)(a), the details set
        out in regulation 51(2)(b); and

   (ga) in the case of a Schedule 8 poison listed in the health services
        permit held by an ambulance service within the meaning of the
        Ambulance Services Act 1986 which has been destroyed by an operational
        staff member within the meaning of that Act in accordance with
        regulation 51(4A)(a), the matters set out in regulation 51(4A)(b); and

   (h)  in the case of the unused contents of a previously sterile container
        containing a Schedule 8 poison or a Schedule 9 poison that are not
        required for administration to a patient which has been destroyed by a
        registered medical practitioner, pharmacist, veterinary practitioner,
        dentist or nurse in accordance with regulation 51(4)(a), the details
        set out in regulation 51(4)(b); and

        (i)    in the case of a transaction involving supply or administration
               to a specific person, the name of the person carrying out the
               transaction.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) Despite subregulation (1), a registered medical practitioner, pharmacist,
veterinary practitioner, dentist, nurse practitioner, an authorised
optometrist or an authorised podiatrist is not required to keep a record of
the destruction of Schedule 4 poisons.