Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Control of Prescriptions) Regulations 1979

Title 11 Laws of Bermuda Item 5(d) 1989 Revision 1 BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT BR 48/1979 PHARMACY AND POISONS (CONTROL OF PRESCRIPTIONS) REGULATIONS 1979 [made under section 48(1)(c) of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1979 and brought into operation on 1 January 1980] ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1 Citation 2 Interpretation 3 Restriction on repeats of a prescription 4 Valid repeats 5 Offences Citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmacy and Poisons (Control of Prescriptions) Regulations 1979. Interpretation 2 [omitted] Restriction on repeats of a prescription 3 No person shall, after the initial sale by him of a substance for which a prescription has been issued, repeat in excess of four times, subsequent sales of that drug under the same prescription. Valid repeats 4 Where a prescription is to be repeated, the practitioner shall initial and circle thereon the specific number of times (not exceeding four) that prescription is to be repeated; and such prescription shall for purposes of repeats be invalid if — PHARMACY AND POISONS (CONTROL OF PRESCRIPTIONS) REGULATIONS 1979 2 1989 Revision (a) instructions in respect of repeats are omitted there from; or (b) instructions contained therein are not in accordance with the form in the Second Schedule to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1979 [title 11 item 5]. Offences 5 Any person who fails to comply with paragraph 3 commits an offence: Punishment on summary conviction: imprisonment for 12 months or a fine of $2,000 or both such imprisonment and fine.