592715-1939-Pharmacy-and-Poisons-Ord--1937--Regulations--Poisons- — Page 11

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 5, 1939.

of poisons.

23. It shall not be lawful to consign any poison for Transport transport unless it is sufficiently stoutly packed to avoid leakage arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport.

with respect

transport of

24. (1) It shall not be lawful to consign for transport Special by carrier any poison included in the Seventh List to these provisions Regulations unless the outside of the package containing the to the article is labelled conspicuously with the name or description ions in of the poison as set forth in the said List and a notice indicat- the Seventh ing that it is to be kept separate from food and from empty containers in which food has been contained.

(2) It shall not be lawful for any person knowingly to transport any such poison as aforesaid, either on his own behalf or for another person, in any vehicle in which food is being transported, unless the food is curried in a part of the vehicle effectively separated from that containing the poison, or is otherwise adequately protected from the risk of contamination

(3) This Regulation shall not apply with respect to medicines.

Special Provisions with respect to Hospitals.

List.

25.—(1) The provisions of Part II of the Ordinance and Supply of of these Regulations, except the provisions of Regulation 19, shall not apply with respect to--

medicines tu out-patients from certain hospitals,

(a) any medicine for the treatment of human ailments etc. dispensed from a hospital, infirmary or dispensary maintain- ed by any public authority, or out of public funds, or by a charity, or from any institution approved by the Director of Medical Services, where the dispensing is in the charge of a wholetime registered pharmacist or such other person as may be approved by the Director of Medical Services;

(b) any medicine for the treatment of animals supplied from a veterinary hospital which is under the superintendence of a duly qualified veterinary surgeon;

if the requirements contained in the following provisions of this Regulation are satisfied in relation thereto.

(2) The medicine must not be supplied except by, or on and in accordance with a prescription of, a duly registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment, or a registered dental surgeon for the purposes of dental treatment, or a duly qualified veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment.

(3) In a case where a substance included in the First List to these Regulations is supplied, a record must be kept on the premises in such a way that there can readily be traced at any time during a period of two years after the date on which the substance was supplied the following particulars :-

(a) the name and quantity of the poison supplied; and (b) the date on which the poison was supplied; and (c) the name and address of the person to whom the poison was supplied; and

(d) the name of the person who supplied the poison or who gave the prescription upon which it was supplied.

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