Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.201Requirements for authorised user accessing S8 safe
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sec.201 Requirements for authorised user accessing S8 safe
This section applies to an authorised user of an S8 medicine who has been given access to an S8 safe to obtain the medicine. The authorised user must— keep any device or information that allows the user to access the S8 safe secure; and code, identification number, password comply with any restrictions or controls on the access given in writing to the user by the safe establisher; and close and lock the safe when the user is no longer using it. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. However, subsection (4) applies if the authorised user is supervising an assistant possessing a medicine. The authorised user may give the assistant the user’s device for accessing the S8 safe for the purpose for which the assistant is authorised only if— the device operates solely as a key to open and close the S8 safe, without an additional code or password; and the user gets the device back from the assistant immediately after the assistant uses it. See also division 3 in relation to recording information in the medicine register kept with an S8 safe. (sec.201-ssec.1) This section applies to an authorised user of an S8 medicine who has been given access to an S8 safe to obtain the medicine. (sec.201-ssec.2) The authorised user must— keep any device or information that allows the user to access the S8 safe secure; and code, identification number, password comply with any restrictions or controls on the access given in writing to the user by the safe establisher; and close and lock the safe when the user is no longer using it. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.201-ssec.3) However, subsection (4) applies if the authorised user is supervising an assistant possessing a medicine. (sec.201-ssec.4) The authorised user may give the assistant the user’s device for accessing the S8 safe for the purpose for which the assistant is authorised only if— the device operates solely as a key to open and close the S8 safe, without an additional code or password; and the user gets the device back from the assistant immediately after the assistant uses it.
- (a) keep any device or information that allows the user to access the S8 safe secure; and Examples of information— code, identification number, password
- (b) comply with any restrictions or controls on the access given in writing to the user by the safe establisher; and
- (c) close and lock the safe when the user is no longer using it.
- (a) the device operates solely as a key to open and close the S8 safe, without an additional code or password; and
- (b) the user gets the device back from the assistant immediately after the assistant uses it.