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Authorized prescribers and designated prescribers must can produce, prescribe, supply or administer
controlled drugs
Pharmacist or a person with authority and under supervision of a pharmacist can produce, manufacture or
supply controlled drugs that are listed in the pharmaceutical schedule for the purposes of a person eligible
for a subsidy for the supply of the controlled drug
Pharmacist can supply controlled drugs for the purposes of the hospital they are employed in
Pharmacist can supply controlled drugs in pursuant to a prescription or order issued by authorized or
designated prescribers.
The patient of the controlled drug or person that they are under the care of can administer the controlled
drug in accordance to the advice of the prescriber.
A person can enter or leave NZ possessing a controlled drug for their medical condition if the quantity is no
greater than required for treating the condition for 1 month and was supplied by an authorized prescriber in
NZ, or lawfully prescribed overseas.
Managers of hospitals or institutions for care of the sick may possess any controlled drug listed under the
Act and any partially exempted drug.
No practitioner shall give a prescription for the supply of a controlled drug unless it is for the patient under
their care.
No dentist or designated prescriber can give a prescription for the supply of a drug unless it is for someone
under their care and a supply of less than 3 days.
States other restrictions on the supply of a drug.
Lists the controlled drugs that cannot be supplied unless approved by the Minister
Excludes cocaine, morphine and opium
24 Supply on a prescription
Only the person who is supplying the drug can deliver it to the person it is intended for unless there is
written authority under the terms of regulation 23 or unless the person delivering the drug has care of the
patient it is intended for or is authorized as the last-mentioned person to accept delivery of the controlled
drug.
25 Labelling containers
Container of controlled drugs must contain in uppercase and block capital letters CONTROLLED DRUG
followed immediately with:
o Name of the controlled drug
o Direction for use, dose and frequency
o Form of the drug
o Name and address of manufacturer, packer, or seller.
On the first occasion of dispensing a prescription or, in the case of an oral prescription, on receipt of the
written confirmation of that prescription, there must be written or stamped on the face of the prescription,
above the signature of the controlled drug prescriber, in such manner and place that no part of the
prescription is obliterated,
a) the name of the proprietor of the business at which the prescription is dispensed; and
b) the address of the premises from which the prescription is dispensed; and
c) the date on which the prescription is dispensed.
On every subsequent occasion of dispensing a prescription, there must be written or stamped on the face or
back of the prescription, in such manner and place that no part of the prescription is obliterated,
a)
the name of the proprietor of the business at which the prescription is dispensed; and
b)
the address of the premises from which the prescription is dispensed; and
c)
the date on which the prescription, or any indicated part or portion of the prescription, is dispensed.
32 Verification of prescriptions
Controlled drugs can only be supplied if the signature of the prescriber is genuine and has not been altered
33 Retention of prescriptions
All controlled drug prescriptions must be retained for four years from the date of supply, or from the last
date of supply if the controlled drug is supplied on more than one occasion on the same prescription
All prescriptions shall be retained in an orderly and consecutive manner and available for officers to make
copies of on demand.
The prescriptions are stored on the property of the business where it was supplied or in a place approved by
the Medical Officer of Health.
34 Emergencies
The register and book must be retained continuously on the premises as a permanent record.
Every entry into the documents must be made by the person who dealt with the controlled drugs and made
not later than the next ordinary business day
Entries must not contain false information.
Every entry made must have an initial by the person who supplied it
Mistakes are corrected by a marginal note or footnote giving the correct particulars and containing the date
on which the note was written