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CAP. 134]

Dangerous Drugs

[1988 Ed.

(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 hospital, health centre or clinic or from the matron of the hospital and except upon a written order signed by the sister; or

(ii) to supply a dangerous drug except in accordance with a prescrip- tion 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; (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 maintained 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 accord- ance 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-

(i) 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 accordance 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 subsection (1)(b)(i) 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 least 2 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. [cf. U.K. S.I. 1964/1811, reg. 10(5)}]