Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A pharmaceutical
chemist to whom a substance included in Schedule 4 is supplied shall not
store it, or expose or offer it for sale, in any portion of a pharmacy to
which persons other than members of the staff of the pharmacy have access.
(2) Subject to
subregulation (3), a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon
to whom a substance included in Schedule 4 is supplied shall store it in
a container, cupboard or room —
(a) at
the medical practitioner’s, dentist’s or veterinary
surgeon’s usual place of practice;
(b) that
is kept locked; and
(c)
access to which is available only to the medical practitioner, dentist or
veterinary surgeon and persons under his or her personal supervision.
(3) A medical
practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon may store substances included in
Schedule 4 other than in accordance with subregulation (2)
if —
(a) they
are emergency supplies; and
(b) the
medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon has them in his or her
actual possession for the purpose of attending patients at places other than
at his or her usual place of practice.
(4) In
subregulation (3) —
emergency supplies means —
(a) in
the case of a medical practitioner — the substances described as
“Emergency Drug (Doctor’s Bag) Supplies” in the document
“Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits”, as published from time to
time by the Commonwealth Government for the purposes of Part VII of the
National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth; or
(b) in
the case of a dentist or veterinary surgeon — the substances that
are ordinarily carried by dentists or veterinary surgeons who are attending
patients at places other than at their usual place of practice.
[Regulation 36A inserted in Gazette
19 Feb 1999 p. 555-6.]