Dangerous Drugs (Hospital, etc.) (General Exemption) Order, 1952
THE DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE, 1952.
(No. 30 of 1952.)
THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (HOSPITAL, ETC.) (GENERAL EXEMPTION) ORDER, 1952.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 45 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1952, the High Commissioner in Council hereby makes the following Order:
Citation. 1. This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs (Hospital, etc.) (General Exemption) Order, 1952.
Exemption of hospitals, from Regulations. 2. Any public hospital, public infirmary, public dispensary, public clinic, public mental hospital or public sanatorium etc., supported by any public authority, or out of public funds or by charity or voluntary subscription, in which dangerous drugs are dispensed by a registered pharmacist or, in his absence, by a registered medical practitioner, if the conditions set out in Schedule A or Schedule B of this Ordinance are complied with, is exempted from the operation of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations, 1952 (hereinafter called the Regulations), in so far as they concern drugs and preparations included in Part III of the First Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1952:
provided—
- (a) that the foregoing exemption may be revoked at any time by the High Commissioner in Council, either generally or in respect of a particular hospital, infirmary, mental hospital, or sanatorium; and
- (b) that any hospital, infirmary, mental hospital or sanatorium exempted under the foregoing provisions may be inspected in respect of the observance of the said conditions at any time by any person authorised by the Director of Medical Services for the purpose.
Schedule A.
1. All orders for supplies of such drugs and preparations shall be signed by the registered pharmacist or, in his absence, by one of the registered medical practitioners attached to the hospital or other institution.
2. All supplies of such drugs and preparations shall be received by and kept in the charge of the registered pharmacist responsible for dispensing medicine. He shall enter in the drug ledger a record of all supplies received in the form prescribed in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Regulations. A separate record shall be kept in respect of each class of drugs as prescribed in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Regulation 15 of the Regulations.
3. Any such drug shall be dispensed only for the use of an individual patient. The prescription (which may be given on the patient’s bedcard or case sheet) shall be in writing and shall be dated and signed or initialled by the registered medical practitioner and shall state either the name of the patient or the number of the case. A fresh prescription must be given on each occasion on which a fresh supply of the drug or medicine is required to be dispensed.
4. The registered pharmacist or, in his absence, the registered medical practitioner responsible for dispensing the drugs shall at the time of dispensing any prescription, stamp or otherwise mark the prescription in such a way as to indicate that the prescription has been dispensed, and he shall keep a record of all cases in which any of the drugs have been dispensed, giving the date, and name of the registered medical practitioner prescribing and the name of the patient or the number of the case. A separate record shall be kept in respect of each class of drugs as prescribed in paragraph 2 of this Schedule.
5. All such prescriptions shall be kept for at least two years.
6. Stock preparations of the drugs required to be kept in the wards or in the out-patient department shall only be supplied by the dispensary on the written requisition of the sister in charge of the ward or out-patient department, and shall be kept by her under lock and key, and shall only be used by her in accordance with the directions of one of the registered medical practitioners in charge of the patients.
7. A requisition shall be marked in the dispensary to show that it has been complied with and shall be filed in the dispensary and a copy or note of the requisition shall be kept by the sister in charge.
8. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent any theft of the drugs while being conveyed from the dispensary to the wards or out-patients department.
9. Particular preparations of any of the drugs may be prescribed by reference to any conventional name by which they are known in the hospital.
Schedule B.
1. All supplies of such drugs and preparations shall be obtained by, or on the written order of, one of the medical practitioners attached to or attending the hospital who shall certify that the supply is necessary for the treatment of the patients in the hospital.
2. All supplies of such drugs and preparations will be received by the matron, acting matron, senior hospital assistant or senior nurse of the hospital and shall be kept by her in a locked cup- board of which she alone shall have the key. She shall enter in the drug ledger a record of all supplies received in the form prescribed in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Regulations. A separate record shall be kept in respect of each class of drugs as prescribed in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Regulation 15 of the Regulations.
3. The matron, acting matron, senior hospital assistant or senior nurse shall only use or administer the drugs in accordance with the directions of the registered practitioners attached to or attending the hospital.
[Health 1262/52.]
Made thisday of, 1952.
Clerk of Council.
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