Marking of packages and bottles.
B.T. 1964/181I, D. 16.
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() if the dangerous drug prescribed is a recognized prepara- tion, or if all the dangerous drugs prescribed are recognized preparations.
(1) specify the total amount of the preparation or of each preparation, as the case may be; or
(i) when the preparation is packed in ampoules, either specify as aforesaid or specify the total amount of the preparation or of each preparation, as the case may be, intended to be administered or injected; and (g) if the dangerous drug is not a recognized preparation,
specify-
(i) the total amount of the drug to be supplied; or (ii) when the drug is packed in ampoules, either the total amount as aforesaid or the total amount intended to be administered or injected.
(2) In the case of a prescription given for the treatment of a patient in a prescribed hospital or a health centre maintained by the Crown, sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have been complied with if the prescription is written on the patient's bed card or case sheet, and in such a case the initials of the person giving the prescription shall be a sufficient signature for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph (1).
(a)
4. (1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall— supply a dangerous drug, other than a preparation, unless the package or bottle in which it is contained is plainly marked with the amount of the dangerous drug contained therein; or
(b) supply a preparation, unless the package or bottle in
which it is contained is plainly marked-
(i) in the case of a powder, solution or ointment, with the total amount thereof in the package or bottle and the percentage of the dangerous drug contained in the powder, solution or ointment; or
(ii) in the case of cachets, single dose injections. lozenges, suppositories. pills, tablets or similar articles, with the amount of the dangerous drug in cach article and the number of articles in the package or bottle.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply-
(a) in a case where a preparation is lawfully supplied by a
registered medical practitioner,
(b) in a case where a preparation is lawfully supplied on a prescription lawfully given by a registered medical practitioner: or
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(c) in relation to the supply of a dangerous drug specified
in Part II of the First Schedule to the Ordinance,
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for twelve months.
5. (1) Every person authorized by or licensed under the Ordinance to supply a dangerous drug, except a sister authorized by section 22 of the Ordinance, shall comply with the following provisions, that is to say-
(a) he shall, in accordance with this regulation and regula- tion 6, keep a register and enter therein in chronological sequence in the form specified in the First Schedule truc particulars with respect to every quantity of a dangerous drug, other than a preparation specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Ordinance, obtained by him and with respect to every quantity of a dangerous drug, other than a preparation specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Ordinance, supplied by him, whether to persons within or outside Hong Kong:
(b) he shall use a separate register or separate part of the register for entries made with respect to each of the dangerous drugs specified in paragraph 1 of Part I of the First Schedule to the Ordinance or in paragraph 2. 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 thereof, and for this purpose-
(i) each such drug shall be deemed to comprise its salts and any preparation, admixture, extract or other substance containing any proportion of it or its salts; and (i) any isomer of a dangerous drug the existence of which is possible within its specific chemical designation shall be deemed to be identical with that drug.
(2) (a) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed as preventing the use of a separate section within a register or a separate part of a register with respect to different dangerous drugs or strengths of preparations comprised within the class of dangerous drugs to which that register or separate part relates.
(b) So much of paragraph (1) as requires a person to enter in the register required to be kept under that paragraph particulars with respect to a dangerous drug supplied by hum shall not apply to-
(i) a registered medical practitioner if he enters in a day book true particulars of every dangerous drug supplied by him to any person, together with the name and address of that person and the date of the supply.
Keeping of Tegister or other records. S.K. 1964/191. new. 17,
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