Internal Control of Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Rules, 2018

L.N. 234 of 2018

DANGEROUS DRUGS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 101)

Internal Control of Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Rules, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 9 of the

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, the Minister for Health, has made the

following rules:-

The title of these rules is the Internal Control of Dangerous Citation.

Drugs (Amendment) Rules, 2018 and these rules shall be read and

construed as one with the Internal Control of Dangerous Drugs Rules S. L. 101.02.

hereinafter referred to as "the principal rules".

Immediately after the definition "register" in rule 2 of the Amends rule 2

of the principal

principal rules, there shall be added the following

rules.

"prescription" means any medicinal prescription issued by

a professional person qualified to prescribe medicinal products

by or under the Medicines Act, including manual prescriptions, Cap. 458.

computer generated prescriptions and eprescriptions;".

Rule 6 of the principal rules shall be amended as follows

Amends rule 6

of the principal

rules.

(a) sub-rule (1) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(1) Every manual prescription for the supply of the

drugs shall be written in ink or in other indelible material

on the form set out in the First Schedule to these Rules. In

the case of computer generated prescriptions and

eprescriptions, the medical practitioner shall use the

official prescription as approved by the Superintendent of

Public Health.";

(b) in sub-rule (8) thereof the word "A" immediately

preceding the words "medical practitioner" shall be substituted

by the words "When issuing a manual prescription a";

(c) sub-rule (9) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(9) It shall be the duty of a medical

practitioner to report in writing forthwith to the

Superintendent of Public Health any case of theft or

loss of such booklet or unauthorised access to his

electronic profile, and it shall not be lawful for a

medical practitioner to use any prescription form

from any booklet of forms issued to another medical

practitioner,

or

issue

computer

generated

prescriptions or eprescriptions from the electronic

profile of another medical practitioner.".

Immediately after sub-rule (6) of rule 7 of the principal

rules, there shall be added the following

"(7) (a) In the case of eprescriptions, the pharmacist

shall access the electronic system by the applicable official

verification.

(b) The pharmacist must ensure that the

prescription was sent by the official electronic system and fill in

the details specified by these rules in the manner that is required

by the electronic system.".

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