58Information about supply required to be recorded on prescriptions

58 Information about supply required to be recorded on prescriptions

58 Information about supply required to be recorded on prescriptions

(1) A pharmacist who supplies a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance on prescription must, each time the substance is supplied, record the following information on the prescription—

(a) the date the substance is supplied,

(b) the address of the place at which the substance is supplied,

(c) the reference number for the prescription.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(2) After supplying a Schedule 4D or 8 substance on prescription, the pharmacist must record the word “CANCELLED” on the prescription if—

(a) the number of times an amount of the substance may be supplied is not clearly specified, or

(b) the prescription has reached the last occasion on which an amount of the substance may be supplied according to the number of times specified on the prescription, or

(c) for a Schedule 4D substance that is an anabolic-androgenic steroidal substance or a Schedule 8 substance—the intervals at which an amount of the substance may be supplied are not specified on the prescription.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a conformant electronic prescription.