Finn Schedule.
Restrictions
on authority conferred by section 22, etc. EL ST, 19071811. CEK. 1021) marlo mod reg. 1003)
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(3) The Government Chemist is hereby authorized, so far as may be necessary for the exercise of his employment, and in bis capacity as such, to be in possession of a dangerous drug.
(4) A registered medical practitioner is hereby authorized, so far as may be necessary for the practice of his profession, to manu- facture any preparation and to be in possession of and procure any dangerous drug required for the manufacture of such prepara- tion.
(5) Any registered pharmacist or approved person who is em- ployed or engaged at a prescribed hospital is hereby authorized- (a) to manufacture any preparation required for the pur-
poses of the hospital; and
(b) to be in possession of and to procure any dangerous drug so far as it may be necessary for such manufacture: Provided that an approved person shall be so authorized only if he is acting on the directions of the medical officer in charge of the hospital.
(6) In this section, and in section 24, "dangerous drug" does not include the drugs specified in any of paragraphs 9 to 12 of Part I of the First Schedule.
23. (1) Nothing in section 22 sħall-
(a) authorize a registered dentist to supply a dangerous drug unless the drug is administered by him, or under his direct supervision and in his presence, to a person receiving treatment by him;
(b) authorize the sister in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in a prescribed hospital or in a health centre or clinic maintained by the Crown-
(i) to procure a dangerous drug except from a person employed or engaged in dispensing medicines at the hospi- tal, health centre or clinic or from the matron of the hospi- tal and except upon a written order signed by the sister; or (ii) to supply a dangerous drug except in accordance with a prescription lawfully given by a registered medical practitioner in charge of any of the patients of the hospital, health centre or clinic or in accordance with directions given in the bed card or case sheet of a patient in the hospital or health centre by a registered medical practi-
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tioner in charge of that patient or in accordance with a prescription lawfully given by a registered dentist in charge of any of the patients in the hospital;
(c) authorize a person who is a registered pharmacist or an approved person and who is employed or engaged at a prescribed hospital or at a health centre or clinic main- tained by the Crown to supply a dangerous drug except-
(i) in accordance with a written order signed by the sister in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in the hospital, health centre or clinic; or
(ii) in accordance with a prescription lawfully given by a registered medical practitioner in charge of any of the patients of the hospital, health centre or clinic or in accordance with directions given in the bed card or case sheet of a patient in the hospital or health centre by a registered medical practitioner in charge of that patient or in accordance with a prescription lawfully given by a registered dentist in charge of any of the patients in the hospital; or
(d) authorize the matron of a prescribed hospital to procure a dangerous drug except on an order signed by the medical officer in charge of the hospital or to supply a dangerous drug except-
(1) in accordance with a written order signed by the sister in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in the hospital; or
(ii) in accordance with a prescription lawfully given by a registered medical practitioner or registered dentist in charge of any of the patients in the hospital or in accord- ance with directions given in the bed card or case sheet of a patient in the hospital by a registered medical practitioner in charge of that patient.
(2) A written order signed by a sister in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) on which a dangerous drug is procured shall be marked, in such manner as to show that it has been complied with, by the person employed or engaged in dispensing medicines who complies with the order or by the matron, as the case may be, and shall be kept in the dispensary or by the matron, and a copy or note thereof shall be kept for at Icast two years by the sister for the time being in charge of the ward, theatre or department for use in which the dangerous drug was procured.
S.I. 1964/1810, reg. 105.