Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A pharmacist who supplies a Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison on a prescription or order of a registered medical practitioner, veterinary practitioner or dentist or a Schedule 8 poison on the prescription or order of a nurse practitioner must on the last occasion the supply is made—
(a) retain that prescription or order in a manner that maintains the integrity of the prescription or order; or
(b) in the case of a prescription or order on which other poisons or controlled substances may still be legally supplied, ensure that the prescription or order is durably marked in such a way that it can be seen clearly that further supplies of that Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison are not allowed.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A pharmacist who retains a prescription or order pursuant to sub-regulation (1)(a) must retain that prescription or order on a file kept solely for the purpose of retaining such prescriptions or orders for a period of 3 years from the date the Schedule 8 poison or Schedule 9 poison (as the case requires) was last supplied.
(3) A pharmacist must produce a prescription or order referred to in sub-regulation (2) on demand to an authorised officer.
(4) It is sufficient compliance with sub-regulation (1) if a pharmacist retains a legible copy of the prescription or order if he or she is required to submit the original to a public authority by any Act of a State, a Territory or the Commonwealth.