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—(1) Where a person (referred to in this paragraph as the supplier), not being a practitioner, supplies a controlled drug otherwise than on a prescription, the supplier shall not deliver the drug to a person who —(a)purports to be sent by or on behalf of the person to whom it is supplied (referred to in this paragraph as the recipient); and(b)is not authorised by any of these Regulations other than regulation 5(1)(d) to have that drug in his possession,unless that person produces to the supplier a statement in writing signed by the recipient to the effect that he is empowered by the recipient to receive that drug on behalf of the recipient, and the supplier is reasonably satisfied that the document is a genuine document.(2) Where a person (referred to in this paragraph as the supplier) supplies a controlled drug, otherwise than on a prescription or by way of administration, to any of the persons specified in paragraph (5), the supplier shall not deliver the drug —(a)until he has obtained a requisition in writing which —(i)is signed by the person to whom the drug is supplied (referred to in this paragraph as the recipient);(ii)states the name, address and profession or occupation of the recipient; and(iii)specifies the purpose for which the drug supplied is required and the total quantity to be supplied; and(b)unless he is reasonably satisfied that the signature is that of the person purporting to have signed the requisition and that that person is engaged in the profession or occupation specified in the requisition.(3) Where the recipient is a practitioner and he represents that he urgently requires a controlled drug for the purpose of his profession, the supplier may, if he is reasonably satisfied that the recipient so requires the drug and is by reason of some emergency, unable before delivery to furnish to the supplier a requisition in writing duly signed, deliver the drug to the recipient on an undertaking by the recipient to furnish such a requisition within the 24 hours next following.(4) A person who has given such an undertaking shall deliver to the person by whom the controlled drug was supplied a signed requisition in accordance with the undertaking.(5) The persons referred to in paragraph (2) are —(a)a practitioner or a pharmacist;(b)a researcher who is approved by the Director to carry out any scientific research or project approved by the Director that involves any controlled drug;(c)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 (b);(d)the master of a ship which does not carry a medical practitioner on board as part of the ship’s complement; and(e)the master of a foreign ship in port.(6) Where the person responsible for the dispensing and supply of medicines at any hospital supplies a controlled drug to —(a)a collaborative prescribing practitioner practising in accordance with the collaborative practice agreement applicable to him in that hospital; or(b)the nurse for the time being in charge of any ward, theatre or other department in that hospital,the person so responsible must —(c)obtain a requisition in writing, signed by the collaborative prescribing practitioner or nurse (as the case may be), which specifies the total quantity of the drug to be supplied; and(d)mark the requisition in such manner as to show that it has been complied with.(7) Any requisition obtained for the purposes of paragraph (6) shall be retained in the dispensary from which the drug was supplied and a copy of the requisition or a note of it shall be retained or kept by the recipient.(8) Nothing in this regulation shall have effect in relation to the drugs specified in the First Schedule.

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