136Additional requirements for dose administration aids

136 Additional requirements for dose administration aids

136 Additional requirements for dose administration aids

(1) A pharmacist who supplies a scheduled substance in a dose administration aid (a DAA) must ensure the DAA is labelled with the following—

(a) the information required by the Commonwealth Poisons Standard, Appendix L,

(b) the date the substance was packed in the DAA, whether by the pharmacist or another person,

(c) if the pharmacist is using a third party to manufacture a DAA on the pharmacist’s behalf—a reference number that links the DAA, the manufacturing instructions for the DAA, as given by the pharmacist under section 137(2), and the prescriptions for the substances included in the DAA,

(d) the patient’s date of birth.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(2) A pharmacist must not supply a scheduled substance in a single DAA that contains both—

(a) substances that are to be taken orally, and

(b) substances that are for external use only.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) A record of the information that must be included on a label under this section must be kept by—

(a) the pharmacist who supplies the substance in the DAA, and

(b) the person who packed the substance in the DAA.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.