Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.208Electronic register
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sec.208 Electronic register
This section applies to a manager of an S8 safe or approved store who keeps a medicine register for the safe or store in an electronic form (an electronic register ). The manager must take all reasonable steps to ensure the electronic register has the following properties— a person can not make entries in the register unless the person has a secure system identifier; a secure system identifier is automatically recorded for every person making every entry in the register; an entry made by an assistant possessing a medicine is shown as pending in the register until— an authorised user who is supervising the assistant confirms the entry; or if the entry relates to disposal of waste from a diversion-risk medicine by destruction—a witness confirms the entry; a unique reference number is recorded with the time and date of each entry that is confirmed; an entry that has been confirmed cannot be deleted from the register; a hard copy report can be produced at any time from the register to show— the balance of medicines to which the register applies at that time; or the confirmed entries in the register for any particular period of time for which the register applies. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The manager must not give a secure system identifier for the electronic register to a person unless— the person is an authorised user of the medicines in the S8 safe or approved store; or if the person is an assistant dealing with a medicine from the S8 safe or approved store—the person is given a secure system identifier that only permits the person to make entries mentioned in subsection (2) (c) in the register. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The manager must make and keep a record of each person’s secure system identifier for the electronic register. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. See section 224 about keeping records. (sec.208-ssec.1) This section applies to a manager of an S8 safe or approved store who keeps a medicine register for the safe or store in an electronic form (an electronic register ). (sec.208-ssec.2) The manager must take all reasonable steps to ensure the electronic register has the following properties— a person can not make entries in the register unless the person has a secure system identifier; a secure system identifier is automatically recorded for every person making every entry in the register; an entry made by an assistant possessing a medicine is shown as pending in the register until— an authorised user who is supervising the assistant confirms the entry; or if the entry relates to disposal of waste from a diversion-risk medicine by destruction—a witness confirms the entry; a unique reference number is recorded with the time and date of each entry that is confirmed; an entry that has been confirmed cannot be deleted from the register; a hard copy report can be produced at any time from the register to show— the balance of medicines to which the register applies at that time; or the confirmed entries in the register for any particular period of time for which the register applies. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.208-ssec.3) The manager must not give a secure system identifier for the electronic register to a person unless— the person is an authorised user of the medicines in the S8 safe or approved store; or if the person is an assistant dealing with a medicine from the S8 safe or approved store—the person is given a secure system identifier that only permits the person to make entries mentioned in subsection (2) (c) in the register. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.208-ssec.4) The manager must make and keep a record of each person’s secure system identifier for the electronic register. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. See section 224 about keeping records.