Hong Kong Regulations

PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9

Additional restriction of sale of poisons in the Third Schedule

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART II

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE OF POISONS

(1) No person shall sell any poison included in the Third Schedule, except on
and in accordance with a prescription given by a registered medical
practitioner, registered dentist or registered veterinary surgeon.
(L.N. 614 of 1997)

(2) This regulation shall apply to the sale of any such poison, including a
medicine exempted by section 28, but shall not apply to any sale exempted by
section 32.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation a prescription shall-

   (a)  be in writing and be signed by the person giving it with his usual
        signature and be dated by him;

   (b)  specify the address of the person giving it;

   (c)  specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is
        given or, if the prescription is given by a registered veterinary
        surgeon, of the person to whom the medicine is to be delivered; (L.N.
        614 of 1997)

   (d)  have written thereon, if given by a dentist, the words "For dental
        treatment only 衹限牙科醫療用", or, if given by a registered
        veterinary surgeon, the words "For animal treatment only
        衹限醫治禽畜用"; and (L.N. 614 of 1997)

   (e)  indicate the total amount of the medicine to be supplied and the dose
        to be taken or administered.

(4) The person dispensing the prescription shall comply with the following
requirements-

   (a)  the prescription shall not be dispensed more than once unless the
        prescriber has directed either-

        (i)    that it may be dispensed a stated number of times; or

        (ii)   that it may be dispensed at stated intervals;

   (b)  if the prescription contains a direction that it may be dispensed a
        stated number of times or at stated intervals, it shall not be
        dispensed otherwise than in accordance with the direction;

   (c)  at the time of dispensing there shall be noted on the prescription
        above the signature of the prescriber the name and address of the
        seller and the date on which the prescription is dispensed; and

   (d)  except in the case of a prescription which may be dispensed again, the
        prescription shall, for a period of 2 years, be retained and kept on
        the premises on which it was dispensed in such manner as to be readily
        available for inspection.