Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

POISONS REGULATIONS 1965 - REG 56H

56H .         Sch. 8 poisons cupboards in hospital wards, security of

                The registered nurse or registered midwife in charge of a ward in which a poison included in Schedule 8 is stored under regulation 56G shall — 

            (a)         keep in his or her immediate and personal possession the key to the cupboard or lockable portion of the cupboard, as the case may be; and

            (b)         ensure that the cupboard or lockable portion of the cupboard, as the case may be, is kept locked at all times except when a poison included in Schedule 8 is being placed into, or removed from, the cupboard or lockable portion of the cupboard.

        [Regulation 56H inserted in Gazette 25 Jun 1993 p. 3083; amended in Gazette 19 Mar 1996 p. 1234; 27 Nov 1998 p. 6344; 27 Apr 2010 p. 1584.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]

        [Heading inserted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3665.]