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The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

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Record-keeping requirements in respect of drugs in Schedules 1 and 2U.K.

19.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 21, every person authorised by or under regulation 5 or 8 to supply any drug specified in Schedule 1 or 2 shall comply with the following requirements, that is to say—

(a)he shall, in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and of regulation 20, keep a register and shall enter therein in chronological sequence [F1subject to subparagraph (f), using the headings specified in subparagraphs (d) and (e),] particulars of every quantity of a drug specified in Schedule 1 or 2 obtained by him and of every quantity of such a drug supplied (whether by way of administration or otherwise) by him whether to persons within or outside Great Britain;

(b)he shall use a separate register or separate part of the register for entries made in respect of each class of drugs, and each of the drugs specified in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6 of Schedule 2 together with its salts and any preparation or other product containing it or any of its salts shall be treated as a separate class, so however that any stereoisomeric form of a drug or its salts shall be classed with that drug.

[F2(d)The headings in respect of entries made for drugs obtained are—

(i)Date supply received;

(ii)Name and address from whom received;

(iii)Quantity received.

(e)The headings in respect of entries made for drugs supplied are—

(i)Date supplied;

(ii)Name/Address of person or firm supplied;

(iii)Details of authority to possess – prescriber or licence holder’s details;

(iv)Quantity supplied;

(v)Person collecting Schedule 2 controlled drug (patient/ patient’s rep/ healthcare professional) and if healthcare professional, name and address;

(vi)Was proof of identity requested of patient/ patient’s rep (Yes/No);

(vii)Was proof of identity of person collecting provided (Yes/No).

(f)The headings at subparagraph (e)(v) to (vii) apply only in respect of drugs specified in Schedule 2.]

[F3(2) Entries made in respect of drugs obtained and drugs supplied may be made on the same page or on separate pages in the register.]

[F4(2A) Subject to regulation 20(e), nothing in [F5paragraph (1)] shall prevent the use of a register to record additional information to that required or allowed under those provisions.]

(3) The foregoing provisions of this regulation shall not have effect in relation to—

(a)in the case of a drug supplied to him for the purpose of destruction in pursuance of regulation 6(2) or (3), a practitioner or pharmacist;

(b)a person licensed under regulation 5 to supply any drug, where the licence so directs; or

[F6(c)the senior registered nurse, acting senior registered nurse or registered midwife, for the time being in charge of a ward, theatre or other department in a hospital, care home or prison.]

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