Singapore legislation

Regulation 12

Provisions as to supply on prescription

Subregulation 1

A person shall not supply a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule on a prescription before the date specified in the prescription and later than 30 days after the date specified in the prescription and —

(a)

unless the prescription complies with regulation 11;

(b)

unless the address specified in the prescription as the address of the person issuing it, is an address within Singapore; and

(c)

unless he either is acquainted with the signature of the person by whom it purports to be issued and has no reason to suppose that it is not genuine, or has taken reasonably sufficient steps to satisfy himself that it is genuine.

Subregulation 2

A person dispensing a prescription containing a controlled drug other than a drug specified in the First Schedule shall —

(a)

at the time of dispensing it, mark thereon the date on which it is dispensed; and

(b)

retain the prescription on the premises on which it was dispensed.

Read in full context — Misuse of Drugs Regulations →