Early Childhood Development Centres Regulations 2018 · 2026 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Health, Medical Care, Nutrition and Discipline
29. Medicines and drugs
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no medicine or drug is administered to any child attending at the licensee’s centre by any person other than a member of the licensee’s staff;
no medicine or drug is administered to a child attending at the licensee’s centre unless otherwise prescribed by a registered medical practitioner for the child, or in accordance with the written instructions of a parent or guardian of the child;
every container of any medicine or drug to be administered to a child attending at the licensee’s centre is clearly labelled with the child’s name and instructions for the administration of the medicine or drug; and
all medicines and drugs are kept out of reach of the children attending at the licensee’s centre.
A licensee must maintain a proper written record which satisfies the condition in paragraph (3) in relation to the administration of any medicine or drug for every child who receives the medicine or drug at the licensee’s centre.
For the purposes of paragraph (2), the record must include all of the following:
the name of the child;
the name of the medicine or drug administered;
the dosage of the medicine or drug administered;
the name of the person who administered the medicine or drug to the child;
the time and date when the medicine or drug is administered to the child;
the manner of every administration of the medicine or drug.
A licensee or a member of a licensee’s staff must not administer any medicine or drug to a child attending at the licensee’s centre that is —
not prescribed by a registered medical practitioner for the child; or
not in accordance with the written instructions of a parent or guardian of the child.
Subregulation 1
A licensee must ensure that —
no medicine or drug is administered to any child attending at the licensee’s centre by any person other than a member of the licensee’s staff;
no medicine or drug is administered to a child attending at the licensee’s centre unless otherwise prescribed by a registered medical practitioner for the child, or in accordance with the written instructions of a parent or guardian of the child;
every container of any medicine or drug to be administered to a child attending at the licensee’s centre is clearly labelled with the child’s name and instructions for the administration of the medicine or drug; and
all medicines and drugs are kept out of reach of the children attending at the licensee’s centre.
Subregulation 2
A licensee must maintain a proper written record which satisfies the condition in paragraph (3) in relation to the administration of any medicine or drug for every child who receives the medicine or drug at the licensee’s centre.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of paragraph (2), the record must include all of the following:
the name of the child;
the name of the medicine or drug administered;
the dosage of the medicine or drug administered;
the name of the person who administered the medicine or drug to the child;
the time and date when the medicine or drug is administered to the child;
the manner of every administration of the medicine or drug.
Subregulation 4
A licensee or a member of a licensee’s staff must not administer any medicine or drug to a child attending at the licensee’s centre that is —
not prescribed by a registered medical practitioner for the child; or
not in accordance with the written instructions of a parent or guardian of the child.