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[Subsidiary]
Restriction of sales by listed sellers of poisons.
Prohibition on dispensing of prescriptions by listed sellers of poisons.
L.N. 85/87.
Restriction of sale of strychnine.
CAP. 138]
Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations
[1987 Ed.
(2) This regulation shall apply to the sale of any such poison, including a medicine exempted by section 28, but shall not apply to any sale exempted by section 32.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation a prescription shall— (a) be in writing and be signed by the person giving it with his usual signature and be dated by him;
(b) specify the address of the person giving it;
(c) specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is given or, if the prescription is given by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon, of the person to whom the medicine is to be delivered;
(d) have written thereon, if given by a dentist, the words "For dental treatment only", or, if given by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon, the words "For animal treatment only 限醫治禽畜用”; and
(e) indicate the total amount of the medicine to be supplied and the dose to be taken or administered.
(4) The person dispensing the prescription shall comply with the following requirements-
(a) the prescription shall not be dispensed more than once unless the prescriber has directed either-
(i) that it may be dispensed a stated number of times; or
(ii) that it may be dispensed at stated intervals;
(b) if the prescription contains a direction that it may be dispensed a stated number of times or at stated intervals, it shall not be dispensed otherwise than in accordance with the direction;
(c) at the time of dispensing there shall be noted on the prescription above the signature of the prescriber the name and address of the seller and the date on which the prescription is dispensed; and
(d) except in the case of a prescription which may be dispensed again, the prescription shall, for a period of 2 years, be retained and kept on the premises on which it was dispensed in such manner as to be readily available for inspection.
10. No listed seller of poisons shall sell any poison other than a solution of ammonia, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, potassium quadroxalate or sulphuric acid, except in a closed container as closed by the manufacturer or other person from whom the poison was obtained.
10A. No listed seller of poisons shall dispense any prescription for medicine.
11. (1) No person shall sell or supply strychnine except as an ingredient in a medicine.