12Wholesale supply by pharmacists for urgent use in residential care facilities

12 Wholesale supply by pharmacists for urgent use in residential care facilities

12 Wholesale supply by pharmacists for urgent use in residential care facilities

(1) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance by a pharmacist in a pharmacy to the authorised person for a residential care facility is authorised if the supply is for urgent use at the residential care facility.

(2) The pharmacist must not wholesale supply a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance under subsection (1) unless—

(a) the supply is in accordance with a written order signed by the authorised person, and

(b) the substance is in the manufacturer’s original pack, and

(c) the supply has been approved by—

(i) the residential care facility’s medicines governance committee, however described, or

(ii) the Health Secretary.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) A pharmacist who supplies a substance under this section must keep a record of the following—

(a) the date on which the substance was supplied,

(b) the name, strength and quantity of the substance supplied,

(c) the batch number and expiry date of the substance supplied,

(d) the name of the pharmacist who supplied the substance,

(e) the name of the authorised person.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.