Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A pharmacist to
whom a substance included in Schedule 4 is supplied shall not store it,
or expose or offer it for sale, in any portion of a pharmacy to which persons
other than members of the staff of the pharmacy have access.
(2) Subject to
subregulation (3), a medical practitioner, dentist, endorsed optometrist
or veterinary surgeon to whom a substance included in Schedule 4 is
supplied shall store it in a container, cupboard or room —
(a) at
the medical practitioner’s, dentist’s, endorsed
optometrist’s or veterinary surgeon’s usual place of practice; and
(b) that
is kept locked; and
(c)
access to which is available only to the medical practitioner, dentist,
endorsed optometrist or veterinary surgeon and persons under his or her
personal supervision.
(3) A medical
practitioner, dentist, endorsed optometrist or veterinary surgeon may store
substances included in Schedule 4 other than in accordance with
subregulation (2) if —
(a) they
are emergency supplies; and
(b) the
medical practitioner, dentist, endorsed optometrist or veterinary surgeon has
them in his or her actual possession for the purpose of attending patients at
places other than at his or her usual place of practice.
(4) In
subregulation (3) —
emergency supplies means —
(a) in
the case of a medical practitioner — the substances described as
“Emergency Drug (Doctor’s Bag) Supplies” in the document
“Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits”, as published from time to
time by the Commonwealth Government for the purposes of Part VII of the
National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth; or
(b) in
the case of a dentist, endorsed optometrist or veterinary surgeon —
the substances that are ordinarily carried by dentists, endorsed optometrists
or veterinary surgeons who are attending patients at places other than at
their usual place of practice.
[Regulation 36A inserted in Gazette
19 Feb 1999 p. 555‑6; amended in Gazette
1 Oct 2010 p. 5079‑80; 19 Nov 2010
p. 5713.]