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The prescription must be in writing, must be dated and signed by the medical practitioner, registered dentist or approved veterinary surgeon as the case may be, with his usual signature and address, and must specify the name and address of the person for whose use the prescription is given, and the total amount of the drug to be supplied on the prescription.
A prescription shall only be given by a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment and shall be marked "For local dental treatment only."
A prescription shall only be given by an approved veterinary surgeon for the purposes of treatment of animals and shall be marked For animal treatment only."
The Superintendent may prescribe and issue a form hereinafter referred to as the official form for use in giving prescriptions for the drugs, and in that case a prescription for any of the drugs shall only be given on an official form, provided that in a case of emergency when the person giving the prescription has not the official form available, the prescrip- tion may be given without using the official form, but in that case shall be marked with the words "Official form not available" or similar words.
A medical practitioner, registered dentist or approved veterinary surgeon shall not give any prescription for the supply of any of the drugs otherwise than in accordance with the foregoing conditions.
A medical practitioner who dispenses any medicines to which these regulations apply shall enter particulars thereof in his day book or in the register hereinafter specified.
The prescription shall not be given for the use of the prescriber himself.
6. The following conditions shall be observed by persons dispensing prescriptions for the drugs:-
(a) If an official form is prescribed and issued by the Superintendent in pursuance of the forgoing regulation, a prescription for any of the drugs shall only be dispensed if the prescription is on one of those forms, or in the case of an emergency prescription given under the conditions specified in the foregoing regulation, if the person dispensing the prescription is acquainted with the signature of the medical practitioner, registered dentist, or approved veterinary surgeon by whom the prescription purports to be given, or is acquainted with the person for whose use the prescription is given and has no reason to suppose that the prescription is not genuine. If an official form is not pres- cribed, a prescription for any of the drugs shall only be dispensed if the person dispensing the prescription is acquainted with the signature of the medical practitioner, registered dentist, or approved veterinary surgeon, by whom the prescription purports to be given, and has no reason to suppose that the prescription is not genuine; or if he has taken reasonably sufficient steps to satisfy himself that the prescription is genuine.
(b) The drugs shall not be supplied more than once on the same prescription: Provided that, if the prescription so directs, the drugs may be supplied on more than one but not exceeding three occasions, as directed in the prescription, at intervals to be specified in the prescription.
(c) The prescription shall be marked with the date on which it is dispensed, and shall be retained by the person, firm, or body corporate by whom the prescription is dispensed, and shall be kept on the premises where it is dispensed and shall be available for inspection,
Possession.
7. No person shall be in possession of, or attempt to obtain possession of, any of the drugs unless-
(a) he is licensed to import or export the drug, or
(b) he is licensed or otherwise authorised to manufacture or supply the drug, or
(c) he is otherwise licensed by the Superintendent or authorised by these regula- tions or by any authority granted by the Superintendent to be in possession of the drug, or
(d) he proves that the drug was supplied for his use by a duly qualified medical practitioner or approved veterinary surgeon or on and in accordiauce with such a prescription as aforesaid.
Marking of packages or bottles.
8-(1) No person shall supply any morphine, cocaine, eegonine, diamorphine or their respective salts or any medicinal opium unless the package or bottle containing it is plainly marked with the amount of the drug in the package or bottle,
(ii) No person shall supply any preparation, admixture, extract, or other substance containing any of these last-mentioned drugs and coming within these regulations unless the package or bottle is plainly marked—
(a) in the case of a powder, solution, or ointment, with the total amount thereof in the package or bottle and the percentage of the drug in the powder, solution, or ointment;
(b) in the case of tablets or other articles with the amount of the drug in each
article and the number of articles in the package or bottle.
This regulation shall not apply to any preparation dispensed by a duly qualified medical practitioner or on the prescription of a duly qualified medical practitioner.
Records.
9. Every person who supplies any of the drugs shall comply with the following provisions:
(.) IIe shall enter or cause to be entered in a register kept for the sole
purpose
all supplies of the drug purchased or otherwise obtained by him and all dealings in the drag effected by him including sales or supplies to persons outside the Colony) in the form and containing the particulars Shown in Schedule I to these regulations;
() Separate registers or separate parts of the register shall be used for fai cocaine and ecgonine and substances containing them, (b) morphine and substances containing it, (e) diamorphine and substances containing it, and (d) medicinal opium; provided that with the approval of the Super- intendent separate registers may be kept for separate departments of a business;
(c) He shall make the entry with respect to any of the drugs purchased or otherwise obtained by him on the day on which the drug is received and with respect to any sale or supply by him of the drug on the day on which the transaction is effected; or where that is not reasonably convenient on the day following the day on which the drug is received or the transaction is effected;
(d.) Where he carries on business at more than one set of premises he shall keep a separate register or registers in respect of each set of premises;
(c.) fle shall keep the register or registers in some part of the premises to which it relates so that it shall at all times be available for inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance;
(f.) He shall not cancel, obliterate, or alter any entry in the register or make therein any entry which is untrue in any particular, provided that any mistake in an entry may be corrected by a marginal note or footuote giving the correct particulars and dated;
(g.) He shall furnish to the Superintendent or to any person authorised by any order of the Superintendent for the purpose all information in regard to any purchases by him of the drugs, all stocks held by him of the drugs, and all transactions effected by him in the drugs as may be required by the Superintendent for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of the Ordinance are observed.