161Labelling medicines supplied during consultations

161 Labelling medicines supplied during consultations The supplied medicine must have a label that includes the following: (c) the prescriber’s name, business address and telephone number; (d) the medicine’s approved name or brand name; (e) the form, strength and quantity of the medicine; (f) if the package of the supplied medicine is not a manufacturer’s (g) directions about the use of the medicine that are adequate to (h) words to the effect of ‘keep out of reach of children’; (i) if the prescriber is a veterinary practitioner— (i) words to the effect of ‘for animal treatment only’; and

(ii) the species of the animal for which the medicine is (iii) if possible, a way of identifying the animal. Examples—par (d) and par (e) 1 Warfarin tablets 5mg 50 2 Coumadin tablets 5mg 50 162 Recording medicines supplied during consultations A prescriber who supplies a medicine during a consultation must make a written record of the following information in the medical records of the person to whom, or animal to which, the consultation related: (a) the date the medicine is supplied; (b) the medicine’s approved name or brand name; (c) the form, strength and quantity of the medicine; (d) the directions given to the person for the use of the medicine.