51Restrictions on pharmacist selling or supplying Schedule 8 poison on prescription

51 Restrictions on pharmacist selling or supplying Schedule 8 poison on prescription

(1) This regulation applies in relation to a pharmacist selling or supplying a Schedule 8 poison on a prescription that is—

Reg. 51(1)(b) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 11(1).

Reg. 51(2) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 11(2).

(2) A pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 8 poison in a quantity that allows for more than 2 days' treatment unless—

(a) the prescription is handwritten and—

(i) the pharmacist is familiar with the purported prescriber's handwriting; and

(ii) the writing on the prescription is comparable to the usual writing of the purported prescriber; or

(b) the pharmacist has taken all reasonable steps to verify that the prescription was written by the purported prescriber.

Regulation 63 requires a pharmacist to retain a prescription for a Schedule 8 poison if the pharmacist cannot verify that the prescription was written by the purported prescriber and supplies a lesser quantity.

Reg. 51(3) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 11(3).

(3) A pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 8 poison on a prescription if it is more than 6 months since the date stated on the prescription as the day on which the prescription was written.

Reg. 51(4) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 11(4).

(4) A pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 8 poison on a prescription if—

Reg. 51(4)(ba) inserted by S.R. No. 31/2018 reg. 10.

(c) the Schedule 8 poison has already been sold or supplied on that prescription in the quantity that is permitted by the instructions written on the prescription.

Reg. 51(5) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 11(5).

(5) Other than in the exceptional circumstances set out in regulation 53, a pharmacist must not sell or supply a Schedule 8 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.