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A duly qualified medical practitioner who records in a day book particulars of any of the drugs supplied by him to any patient, together with the name and address of the patient and date of the supply, may, in lien of keeping the register required by this regulation of drugs sold or supplied by him, enter separately for each of the drugs in a book to he kept for the purpose references under the appropriate dates to the records in the day book of any supply of the drug. A person lawfully keeping open shop for the retailing of poisons in accordance with the provisions of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, may in lieu of keeping the register required by this regulation of drugs sold or supplied by him, enter separately for each of the drugs in a book to be kept for the purpose references under the appropriate dates to the entries in the books kept by him in pursuance of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, relating to any supply of the drugs. All such books shall at all times be available for inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.
10. Prescriptions, records, registers, or other documents required to be retained or kept in pursuance of these regulations shall be preserved for not less than two years from the date of the prescription or document or the last entry in the record or register, as the case may be.
General authorisations.
11. Any person lawfully keeping open shop for the retailing of poisons in accordance with the provisions of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, is hereby authorised, subject always to the provisions of these regulations,-
(a) to manufacture at the shop in the ordinary course of his retail business any
preparation, admixture or extract of any of the drugs;
(b) to carry on at the shop the business of retailing, dispensing or compoundling
the drugs.
In the event of any such person being convicted of an offence against the Ordinance the Superintendent may by notice in the Gazette withdraw the authorisation aforesaid, if, in the opinion of the Superintendent such person cannot properly be allowed to carry on the business of manufacturing or selling or distributing, as the case may be, any such drug.
12. Every duly qualified medical practitioner, and every registered dentist, and every approved veterinary surgeon, and every person employed or engaged in dispensing medicines at any public hospital or other public institution being a person duly register- ed under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, or being approved by the Superin- tendent and every person in charge of a laboratory for purposes of research or instruction attached to the University of Hongkong, or to any public hospital or other institution approved by the Superintendent for the purpose, is hereby authorised so far as is necessary for the practice of his profession or employment in such capacity to be in possession of and supply the drugs.
13. In the event of any person authorised by these regulations or by any authority granted by the Superintendent to manufacture, supply or be in possession of the drugs, or any of them, being convicted of any offence against the Ordinance, the Superinten- dent may by notice in the Gazette withdraw the authorisation in respect of such person, if, in the opinion of the Superintendent such person cannot properly be allowed to manufacture, supply or be in possession of any such drug.
Delivery to messengers.
14. No person shall deliver any of the drugs to any person not licensed or otherwise authorised to be in possession of the drugs who purports to be sent by or on behalf of a person so licensed or authorised unless such person produces an authority in writing, signed by the person so licensed or authorised, to receive the drug on his behalf and unless the person supplying the drug is satisfied that the authority is genuine. This regulation shall not be deemed to apply to medicines dispensed in pursuance of the foregoing regulations.
Meaning of possession.
15. Any of the drugs in the order or disposition of any person shall be deemed to be in his possessiou.
Ships.
16. In the case of a ship not carrying as part of her complement a duly qualified medical practitioner, the master of the ship shall be deemed to be a person authorised to be in possession of the drugs so far as is necessary to comply with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts, and it shall also be lawful for him, subject to any conditions prescribed by the Superintendent to administer and supply the drugs to any member of the crew in accordance with instructions prepared or sanctioned by the Board of Trade. The keeping of a record of the use of the drugs in the official log in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts shall be deemed to be compliance with the requirements of these regulations as to the keeping of records.
Hospitals.
17. The Superintendent may exempt from the operation of these regulations any hospital or other public institution subject to the observance of such conditious as he may by order prescribe.
Preparations exempted from the regulations.
18. These regulations shall not apply in respect of the preparations named in Schedule II to these regulations nor to any of the drugs when denatured in a manner approved by the Superintendent. The Superintendent inay from time to time by notice in the Gazette add any other preparation to the Schedule or remove any pre- paration from the Schedule.
Exempted persons.
19. These regulations shall not apply to any Civil medical officer, or to any medical officer of His Majesty's Navy or Army serving in the Colony on full pay, or to the Government Analyst, or to the Assistant Government Analysts, or to the Government Apothecary.
Date on which supply received.
SCHEDULE I.
Morphine, &c.
Record of Diamorphine (Heroin), &c.
Cocaine, &c.
Medicinal Opium,
Name of person, body or firm from whom obtained.
Purchased or otherwise obtained.
Address of
person, body or firm from whom obtained.
Form
Amount obtained.
in which
obtained.
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