Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
515Storage of medicines generally—Act, s 61 (b) and (c)
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515 Storage of medicines generally—Act, s 61 (b) and (c) (1) A prescribed person must ensure that a medicine in the person’s possession is stored— (a) within the manufacturer’s recommended storage temperature range; and (b) in any other environmental condition that is necessary to preserve the medicine’s stability and therapeutic quality. (2) To remove any doubt, this section does not apply to a prescribed
Part 11.3 Additional storage requirements for medicines other than controlled Part 11.3 Additional storage requirements for medicines other than 520 Storage of medicines other than controlled medicines in community pharmacies—Act, s 61 (b) and (c) (1) The pharmacist responsible for the management of a community pharmacy must ensure that each pharmacy medicine at the pharmacy is stored— (a) if the medicine is for retail sale—within 4m of, and in sight of, the pharmacy’s dispensary; and (b) in any other case—so that public access to the medicine is restricted. (2) The pharmacist responsible for the management of a community pharmacy must ensure that each pharmacist only medicine and prescription only medicine at the pharmacy is stored— (a) in a part of the premises to which the public does not have access; and (b) so that only a pharmacist, or a person under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, has access to the medicine.