Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
Regulation 16
Replenishment of dated medicines
Subregulation 1
Where —
a ship is required to have on board any medicine or other medical stores in accordance with any of the Scales set out in the First Schedule; and
any label required by regulation 14(1)(a) to be borne by any container or any such medicine or other medical stores, indicates a date after which the medicine or other medical store contained in it is not to be used (hereafter called the expiry date),that medicine or medical store shall be replaced at the earliest possible date after the expiry date, and in any event within 3 months of the expiry date.
Subregulation 2
Medicines or medicinal stores which have passed the expiry date shall, once replacements have been obtained, or after 3 months, whichever is the earlier, be disposed of in accordance with the Ship Captain’s Medical Guide.