Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Manufacture and supply of drugs in Third Schedule
Subregulation 1
Despite section 6 of the Act —
a practitioner or pharmacist, acting in that capacity, may manufacture or compound any drug specified in the Third Schedule; or
a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business and acting in that capacity may, at the premises at which he carries on that business, manufacture or compound any drug specified in the Third Schedule.
Subregulation 2
Despite section 5 of the Act, any of the following persons may, when acting in that capacity, supply or offer to supply any drug specified in the Third Schedule to any person who is permitted by these Regulations to lawfully have that drug in his possession:
a practitioner;
a pharmacist;
a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business;
a nurse for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in a hospital when the drug is supplied to the nurse by a person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at that hospital;
a researcher who is approved by the Director to carry out any scientific research or project approved by the Director that involves any drug specified in the Third Schedule;
a person who has charge or custody of the controlled drugs in a laboratory approved by the Director for the purpose of carrying out any scientific research or project mentioned in sub-paragraph (e);
an analyst or any other laboratory staff member employed by the Health Sciences Authority;
(ga)an analyst or any other laboratory staff member employed by the DSO National Laboratories;
a collaborative prescribing practitioner practising in accordance with the collaborative practice agreement applicable to him;
an inspector.
Subregulation 3
Paragraph (2) does not authorise a nurse for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in a hospital to supply any drug, except to administer the drug to a patient in that ward, theatre or department (as the case may be) in that hospital in accordance with the directions of any of the following persons:
a medical practitioner;
a dentist;
a collaborative prescribing practitioner practising in accordance with the collaborative practice agreement applicable to him.
Subregulation 4
Despite section 5 of the Act, the master of a ship which does not carry a medical practitioner on board as part of the ship’s complement may supply or offer to supply any drug specified in the Third Schedule —
to any member of the crew; or
to any person who may lawfully supply that drug.