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Pharmacy Regulation Act 2010
9Adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that—
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9 Adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that—
(a) medicines are dispensed in accordance with an order or prescription as far as the dispensing is consistent with the safety of the person who is to use the medicines;
(b) medicines are not re-used after dispensing and after they have left the pharmacy or pharmacy department;
(c) written or electronic records are kept of all medicines supplied, compounded or dispensed and the records are kept confidential and secure;
(d) the sale of medicines particularly those known to be abused or misused are supervised and monitored;
(e) therapeutic goods are not removed from the premises except with the express permission of the registered pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy or pharmacy department;
(f) distance dispensing is carried out according to good pharmaceutical practice;
(g) confidential discussions can occur between pharmacists and their clients in privacy;
(h) the identity of a medicine being supplied or dispensed to a client of the pharmacy or pharmacy department cannot be known by another person present in the pharmacy or pharmacy department who is not a person carrying on the pharmacy business or pharmacy department or a member of the staff of the business or department.