Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.217Reconciling with medicines on hand
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sec.217 Reconciling with medicines on hand
A manager of an S8 safe or approved store must— reconcile the register for the safe or store at least monthly with the amount of medicines physically held in the safe or store; and record the date the reconciliation is done in the medicine register. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. However, if a substance management plan applies to the place at which the S8 safe or approved store is located, the reconciliation must be done at the times stated in the substance management plan. See section 210 about reconciling a replacement paper register. (sec.217-ssec.1) A manager of an S8 safe or approved store must— reconcile the register for the safe or store at least monthly with the amount of medicines physically held in the safe or store; and record the date the reconciliation is done in the medicine register. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.217-ssec.2) However, if a substance management plan applies to the place at which the S8 safe or approved store is located, the reconciliation must be done at the times stated in the substance management plan.
- (a) reconcile the register for the safe or store at least monthly with the amount of medicines physically held in the safe or store; and
- (b) record the date the reconciliation is done in the medicine register.