Cap 138A reg 23 Supply of medicines for use in institutions, etc. (PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS; PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	138A	Title:	PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	23	Heading:	Supply of medicines for use in institutions, etc.	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) In any institution in which medicines are dispensed in a dispensing or pharmaceutical department in charge of a registered pharmacist or any other person approved by the Director of Health for that purpose, no medicine containing a poison shall be supplied from that department, except in cases of emergency, for use in the wards, operating theatres or other sections of the institution, except in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). (L.N. 76 of 1989)
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the medicines shall not be supplied except upon a written order signed by a duly registered medical practitioner, registered dentist, or by a person authorized to be in charge of a ward, theatre or other section of the institution.
(3) The container of the medicine shall be labelled-

(a) with words describing its contents;

(b) in the case of substances included in the First Schedule, with a distinguishing mark or other indication indicating that the poison is to be stored in a cupboard reserved solely for the storage of poisons.

(4) In the case of an emergency, a medicine containing a poison may be supplied without a written order if the person ordering the medicine undertakes to furnish a written order in respect of that medicine within the next 24 hours.