Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 203

203 Dealing with purchase orders

(1) If a pharmacist, or a person who is authorised to dispense a regulated restricted drug under a pharmacist’s personal supervision, sells a regulated restricted drug on a purchase order, the pharmacist or person must write on the front of the order—

(a) the date the drug is sold; and

(b) the name and address of the dispensary at or from which the drug is sold.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) If a pharmacist, or a person authorised to dispense a restricted drug under the personal supervision of the pharmacist, sells a restricted drug (other than a regulated restricted drug) on a purchase order, the pharmacist or person must—

(a) write on the front of the order—

(i) the date the drug is sold; and

(ii) the name and address of the dispensary at or from which the drug is sold; and

(b) sign the order and keep it for 2 years after the date the drug was sold.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) If a person (other than a person mentioned in subsection (2) ) sells a restricted drug on a purchase order, the person must—

(a) write the date of the sale on the front of the order and sign the order; and

(b) keep the order for 2 years after the date of the sale.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) If the order is for the sale of a restricted drug to a ship’s master, the person selling the drug, whether under subsection (1) , (2) or (3) , must also write on the duplicate of the order the information required under the relevant subsection.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(5) A duplicate of an order written under the National Health Act is taken to be a purchase order for subsection (1) , (2) or (3) .