THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 6, 1939.
No. 18.
The following is published for general information.
DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, 1935.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Regula- tion 20 of the Regulations made under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1935, the Superintendent of Imports and Exports hereby exempts from the operation of the said regulations the following institutions subject to the observance by the said institutions of the conditions hereinafter contained.
Institutions above referred to.
Alice Memorial Hospital.
Haw Par Hospital.
Hong Kong Sanitorium.
Hospital of the Precious Blood.
Infectious Diseases Hospital.
Kowloon Hospital.
Kwong Wah Hospital.
Lai Chi Kok Hospital.
Matilda Hospital. Mental Hospital. Queen Mary Hospital.
Tsan Yuk Hospital.
Tung Wah Hospital.
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital.
War Memorial Nursing Home.
Conditions above referred to.
Supplies.
1. Supplies of drugs to the above institutions may only be made on the signed order of a medical practitioner attached to the institution or of a whole-time registered pharmacist attached to the institution.
2. The drugs shall be kept by the whole time registered pharmacist employed by the institution or the matron in a locked cupboard of which he or she, as the case may be, only shall have the key; the receipt and issue of the drugs shall be recorded in a book kept solely for that purpose by the registered pharmacist or the matron.
3. The drugs shall only be dispensed or issued by the whole time registered pharmacist or by the matron in accordance with a prescription written by a registered medical practitioner; the prescription must state the name of the patient for whom the drug is intended, be dated and signed with the usual signature of the registered medical practitioner; the prescription shall, if necessary, state the number of times, not exceeding three, that it may be repeated.
Records.
4. A book, showing in detail, the receipt and issue of dangerous drugs shall be kept by the matron or the registered pharmacist, as the case may be. All records must be kept in English and must be entered on the day on which they take place.
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