Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 110

110 Responsibility for checking accuracy of records at institutions

(1) The responsible person for an institution must ensure—

(a) records are kept of all transactions in controlled drugs at the institution; and

(b) at reasonable intervals—

(i) the stock of controlled drugs is checked to ensure the records about the controlled drugs on hand are accurate; and

(ii) all records of transactions for controlled drugs are inspected.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) The person who checks the stock of controlled drugs and inspects the records (the
"checker" ) must—

(a) write the date and results of the inspection on the record; and

(b) immediately report any of the following to the institution’s medical superintendent or, if there is no medical superintendent, the chief executive—

(i) a contravention of this regulation;

(ii) an apparently excessive use of a controlled drug;

(iii) any discrepancy between the controlled drug in stock and the drugs the records indicate should be in stock; and

(c) if the checker knows, or reasonably suspects, a controlled drug has been lost, misappropriated or stolen, immediately give the chief executive written notice about the loss, misappropriation or theft.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) The checker for an institution must be the responsible person for the institution or a doctor, pharmacist, registered nurse or hospital pharmaceutical assistant nominated in writing by the responsible person.

(4) In this section—

"reasonable interval" means an interval of not more than 1 month that is reasonably necessary to carry out the check and inspection under subsection (1) (b) .

"responsible person" , for an institution, means—

(a) the pharmacist in charge of the dispensary at the institution; or

(b) if there is no pharmacist in charge—the director of nursing for the institution; or

(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—

(i) for a nursing home—the registered nurse in charge at the nursing home; or

(ii) in any other case—the person in charge of the institution.