125ADestruction of drugs of addiction by retail pharmacists

125A Destruction of drugs of addiction by retail pharmacists

125A Destruction of drugs of addiction by retail pharmacists

(1) A pharmacist who practises at a retail pharmacy may destroy a drug of addiction at the pharmacy in the presence of an independent witness.

(2) A pharmacist who destroys a drug of addiction must ensure the following are recorded in the drug register kept at the pharmacy—

(a) the date of destruction,

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

(c) the pharmacist’s name, registration number and signature,

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

(3) In this clause—

family member has the same meaning as in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022.

independent witness means a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or pharmacist who—

(a) is not employed or otherwise engaged to provide professional services at the pharmacy, and

(b) is not a family member of the pharmacist, and

(c) if the independent witness is a pharmacist—does not have a financial interest, within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), Schedule 5F, in the pharmacy.

cl 125A: Ins 2023 (548), Sch 1[5].