The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Amendment of Regulation 30

19.  For regulation 30 (accountable officers’ duties to protect the safety of patients and the general public) substitute—

“30.— (1) If information shared under regulation 25 or 26 by a responsible body with another body that is a designated body (DB) shows a concern about the inappropriate or unsafe management or use of controlled drugs by a person who is or who could become as regards DB a relevant individual (RI), paragraph (2) applies.

(2) The accountable officer of the DB may—

(a) make recommendations to any responsible body (including any DB) as to any action that the accountable officer considers that the responsible body should take in relation to RI to protect the safety of patients and the general public; and

(b) in connection with doing so, share information about the concern with that responsible body.

(3) If information is shared under regulation 25 or 26 with the accountable officer of the Regional Board about a person (P), who—

(a) is a relevant person as regards the Regional Board; and

(b) is not providing services to a designated body as a relevant individual;

paragraph 4 applies.

(4) The accountable officer of the Regional Board must take all reasonable steps to protect the safety of patients or the general public in connection with P engaging, or the possibility of P engaging, in relevant activities, including where appropriate—

(a) referral of the matter to a responsible body (for example a regulatory body); and

(b) sharing of information about P with any person or a representative of any body (including at a meeting of the local intelligence network of which that person or representative is not a part) who employs or may employ P in relevant activities.”.