153Destruction of Schedule 8 substances in private health facilities and managed correctional centres

153 Destruction of Schedule 8 substances in private health facilities and managed correctional centres

153 Destruction of Schedule 8 substances in private health facilities and managed correctional centres

(1) The licensee of a private health facility or the management company for a managed correctional centre may arrange for a Schedule 8 substance to be destroyed by a responsible person in the presence of a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, dentist or pharmacist (the witness).

(2) The substance must be destroyed at the private health facility or managed correctional centre.

(3) The witness must be registered in a different health profession to the responsible person.

(4) The witness in a private health facility must not be the licensee of the private health facility or have a controlling interest in the private health facility.

(5) The responsible person must ensure the following is recorded in the drug register when a Schedule 8 substance is destroyed—

(a) the date of the destruction,

(b) the name and quantity of the substance destroyed,

(c) the responsible person’s name, professional registration number and signature,

(d) the witness’s name, professional registration number and signature.

(6) This section does not apply to the destruction of a Schedule 8 substance at a pharmacy at a private health facility or a managed correctional centre.

(7) In this section—

responsible person means the member of staff of a private health facility or managed correctional centre who is appointed, by written notice, by the private health facility or managed correctional centre, as the responsible person for this section and is—

(a) a pharmacist, or

(b) if there is no pharmacist on staff—an authorised practitioner, other than a veterinary practitioner, or registered nurse.