75Storage requirements for aged care providers and other authorised persons

75 Storage requirements for aged care providers and other authorised persons

Reg. 75(1) substituted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 15(2).

(a) a person who—

(i) is referred to in Column 1 of Part 2 of the Table in regulation 7; and

(ii) possesses a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison in accordance with that Part of that Table; and

(b) an approved provider of an aged care service who possesses a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison that has been supplied to a resident in that service on a prescription or a chart instruction.

Reg. 75(2) amended by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 15(3).

(2) A person to whom this regulation applies must store each Schedule 4 poison that the person possesses as described in subregulation (1) in a lockable storage facility.

Reg. 75(3) amended by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 15(4).

(3) A person to whom this regulation applies must store each Schedule 8 poison that the person possesses as described in subregulation (1) in a lockable room or in a lockable storage facility which is firmly fixed to a floor or wall.

(4) For the purpose of preventing unauthorised access to Schedule 4 poisons and Schedule 8 poisons, a person to whom this regulation applies must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the storage facilities for Schedule 4 poisons and Schedule 8 poisons remain locked and secured at all times, except when it is necessary to open them to carry out an essential operation in connection with the poisons stored in them.