Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977 (SR 1977/37) (as at 01 August 2011)

Reprint as at 1 August 2011

Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977

(SR 1977/37)

Denis Blundell, Governor-General

Order in Council

At the Government House at Wellington this 8th day of March 1977

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council


Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Health.


Pursuant to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.

Contents

Part 1
Preliminary

1 Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

Part 2
Licences

3 Application for and issue of licences

3A Fees inclusive of GST

3A Application to industrial hemp

4 Dealers' licences

5 Endorsements on dealers' licences

6 Duration and renewal of dealers' licences

7 Import and export licences

8 Licences to cultivate

9 Licences to possess controlled drugs

10 Licences not to be assigned

11 Revocation of licences

Part 3
Permissions

12 Effect of this Part

12A Authority for designated prescriber nurses to prescribe certain controlled drugs in certain circumstances

12B Permissions relating to controlled drugs prescribed or supplied by designated prescriber nurses

13 Manufacture and use in manufacture

14 General authority of licensees to possess

15 Hospitals and other institutions

16 Seeds and fruit of prohibited plants

17 Special authority for masters of vessels

18 Special authority for captains of aircraft

19 First-aid kits

20 Supply and administration of controlled drugs without prescription

Part 4
Restrictions and conditions

21 Restrictions on application of section 8 of Act, etc

22 Restriction on supply of certain controlled drugs

23 Conditions of supply to agents

24 Supply on prescription

25 Labelling of containers

26 Restrictions on sizes of containers

27 Controlled drugs used for exempted drugs

28 Custody of controlled drugs

Part 5
Prescriptions for controlled drugs

29 Requirements in relation to prescriptions

30 Exemption for certain prescriptions

31 Restrictions on supply on prescription

32 Verification of prescriptions

33 Retention of prescriptions

34 Emergencies

35 Duty to supply information

36 Special provisions for hospitals

Part 6
Registers, records, and returns

37 Pharmacists and dispensing practitioners

38 Other dealers

39 Form of records

40 Entries in Controlled Drugs Register and Prescription Book

41 Exemption of practitioners

42 Retention of records

43 Stocktaking

44 Hospital records

45 Ward Books

46 Application of other regulations to hospital records

47 Returns of wholesale transactions

48 Exemptions from Part 6

Part 7
Miscellaneous provisions

49 Notification of import and export of certain controlled drugs [Revoked]

49A Notification of stock

50 Restrictions on advertising

51 Communications through Medical Officer of Health

52 Penalty

53 Transitional

54 Revocations

Schedule 1AA
Licence fees

Schedule 1A
Controlled drugs that designated prescriber nurses may prescribe in certain circumstances

Schedule 1

Schedule 2
Regulations revoked

Gazette information

Reprint notes


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