Singapore legislation
Regulation 11
Regulation 11
Form of prescriptions
Subregulation 1
Subject to this regulation, a person shall not issue a prescription containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule unless the prescription complies with the following requirements:The prescription shall —
be in ink or otherwise so as to be indelible and be signed by the person issuing it with his usual signature and dated by him;
insofar as it specifies the information required by sub‑paragraphs (d), (f) and (g), be written by the person issuing it in his own handwriting;
have written thereon, if issued by a dentist, the words “for dental treatment only” and, if issued by a veterinary surgeon, the words “for animal treatment only”;
specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is issued or, if it is issued by a veterinary surgeon, of the person to whom the controlled drug prescribed is to be delivered;
specify the name and address of the person issuing the prescription;
specify the dose to be taken and —
in the case of a prescription containing a controlled drug which is a preparation, the form and, where appropriate, the strength of the preparation, and either the total quantity (in both words and figures) of the preparation or the number (in both words and figures) of dosage units, as appropriate, to be supplied; and
in any other case, the total quantity (in both words and figures) of the controlled drug to be supplied; and
in the case of a prescription for a total quantity intended to be dispensed by instalments, contain a direction specifying the amount of the instalments of the total amount which may be dispensed and the intervals to be observed when dispensing.
Subregulation 2
In the case of a prescription issued for the treatment of a patient in a hospital, it shall be a sufficient compliance with paragraph (1)(d) if the prescription is written on the patient’s bed card or case sheet.