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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
31AStorage in managed correctional centres
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#### 31A Storage in managed correctional centres
31A Storage in managed correctional centres
> > (1) The management company for a managed correctional centre must ensure that restricted substances at the managed correctional centre are stored—
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> > > (a) in a room or enclosure to which the public does not have access, and
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> > > (b) apart from food intended for consumption by humans or animals, and
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> > > (c) in a way that, if the container breaks or leaks, the restricted substance cannot mix with or contaminate any food intended for consumption by humans or animals.
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> > (2) The management company for a managed correctional centre must ensure that prescribed restricted substances at the managed correctional centre are stored—
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> > > (a) apart from all other goods and substances, and
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> > > (b) in a separate room, safe, cupboard or other receptacle that is securely attached to a part of the premises and kept securely locked when not in immediate use.
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> > (3) The management company for a managed correctional centre must appoint, by written instrument, a pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre as the person responsible for the storage of restricted substances at the managed correctional centre.
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> > (4) If there is no pharmacist employed at the managed correctional centre, an authorised practitioner or nurse in charge may be appointed.
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> > (5) This clause does not apply to a restricted substance at a retail pharmacy located at a managed correctional centre.
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> > (6) This clause does not prevent prescribed restricted substances from being stored with drugs of addiction.
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> > (7) In this clause—
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> > authorised practitioner does not include a veterinary practitioner.
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> Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> **cl 31A:** Ins 2021 (386), Sch 1\[3\].