109Drug registers for Schedule 8 substances

109 Drug registers for Schedule 8 substances

109 Drug registers for Schedule 8 substances

(1) A responsible person for a relevant place at which a Schedule 8 substance is kept must ensure a drug register is kept in accordance with this part.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(2) A drug register must specify the particulars required to be entered and be kept—

(a) in the form of a book that—

(i) contains consecutively numbered pages, and

(ii) is bound so the pages cannot be removed or replaced without a trace, or

(b) electronically in a form that complies with the approved standards.

(3) If a drug register is kept in the form of a book, as referred to in subsection (2)(a), a separate page must be used for—

(a) each Schedule 8 substance, and

(b) each brand, strength and dosage form of the Schedule 8 substance.

(4) Despite subsection (3), a separate page is not required for records of the destruction of each Schedule 8 substance.

(5) Despite this section, the responsible person for premises managed by NSW Health Pathology or the Ambulance Service of NSW at which a Schedule 8 substance is kept must ensure a drug register is kept in the approved form.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.