Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
50Restrictions on pharmacist selling or supplying Schedule 4 poison on prescription
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50 Restrictions on pharmacist selling or supplying Schedule 4 poison on prescription
(1) This regulation applies in relation to a pharmacist selling or supplying a Schedule 4 poison on a prescription that is—
Reg. 50(1)(b) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 10(1).
Reg. 50(2) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 10(2).
(2) A pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 4 poison on a prescription if it is more than 12 months since the date stated on the prescription as the day on which the prescription was written.
Reg. 50(3) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 10(3).
(3) A pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 4 poison on a prescription if—
Reg. 50(3)(ba) inserted by S.R. No. 31/2018 reg. 9.
(c) the Schedule 4 poison has already been sold or supplied on that prescription in the quantity that is permitted by the instructions written on the prescription.
Reg. 50(4) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 10(4).
(4) Other than in the exceptional circumstances set out in regulation 53, a pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 4 poison on a prescription contrary to the instructions written on the prescription, including by—
(c) if the prescription specifies that only a specific brand of the poison is to be supplied, supplying a different brand.