Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
546Changes etc to entries in controlled medicines
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546 Changes etc to entries in controlled medicines registers—Act, s 55 (2) (b) (1) An entry in a paper-based controlled medicines register may be (b) if the entry relates to administering a controlled medicine— (i) the amendment being witnessed by a person prescribed under section 544 (Prescribed witnesses for administration of controlled medicines—Act, s 53 (a) and (b)); and (ii) the witness signing the amendment as witness; and (c) if the entry relates to the discarding of a controlled medicine— (i) the amendment being witnessed by a person prescribed under section 545 (Prescribed witnesses for discarding of controlled medicines—Act, s 54 (a) and (b)); and
(2) An entry in an electronic controlled medicines register may be amended by the person who made the entry by the person attaching or linking, by electronic means, a document that includes— (b) if the entry relates to administering a controlled medicine—the signature as witness of a person prescribed under section 544; and (c) if the entry relates to the discarding of a controlled medicine— the signature as witness of a person prescribed under section 545.
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