### Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations 《藥劑業及毒藥規例》

19. Storage of poisons
(1) No person shall store any poison except in a container impervious to the poison and sufficiently stout to prevent leakage from the container arising from the ordinary risks of handling.
(2) No person shall store any poison included in Part 1 of the Poisons List in any retail shop or premises used in connexion therewith unless the substance is stored— (2 of 2015 s. 38)
(a) in a receptacle reserved solely for the storage of poisons, which receptacle shall be locked with an adequate lock the key for which shall be retained by the registered pharmacist; and (L.N. 197 of 1989; L.N. 366 of 1995)
(b) in a part of the premises to which customers are not permitted to have access and which is partitioned off or otherwise separated from the remainder of the premises.
(3) No food shall be stored in the part of the premises where such poison is stored. (2 of 2015 s. 38)
(E.R. 3 of 2015)

20. Transport of poisons
No person shall consign any poison for transport unless it is sufficiently stoutly packed to avoid leakage arising from the ordinary risks of handling and transport.

21. Special provisions with respect to the transport of poisons in Schedule 7
(E.R. 5 of 2020)(1) No person shall consign for transport by carrier any poison included in Schedule 7 unless the outside of the package containing the article is labelled conspicuously with the name or description of the poison as set forth in that Schedule and a notice indicating that it is to be kept separate from food and from empty containers in which food has been contained.
(2) No person shall knowingly transport any poison included in Schedule 7, either on his own behalf or for another person, in any vehicle in which food is being transported, unless the food is carried in a part of the vehicle effectively separated from that containing the poison, or is otherwise adequately protected from the risk of contamination.
(3) This regulation shall not apply to medicines.
(E.R. 3 of 2015; E.R. 5 of 2020)

### Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations 《藥劑業及毒藥規例》

22. Supply of medicines to out-patients from certain institutions, etc.
(1) Nothing in the Ordinance or in these regulations, except regulation 16, this Part and Part 7, applies with respect to— (L.N. 262 of 1995; 19 of 2020 s. 6)
(a) any medicine dispensed in an institution where the dispensing is under the supervision of a registered pharmacist or other person as may be approved by the Director of Health; or (L.N. 76 of 1989)
(b) any medicine for the treatment of animals supplied from a veterinary institution which is under the superintendence of a registered veterinary surgeon, (L.N. 614 of 1997)
if the requirements of this regulation are satisfied in relation thereto.
(2) The medicine shall not be supplied except by, or on and in accordance with a prescription of, a duly registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment, or a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment, or a registered veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment. (L.N. 614 of 1997)
(3) In a case where a substance included in Schedule 1 is supplied, a record shall be kept on the premises in such a way that there can readily be traced at any time during a period of 2 years after the date on which the substance was supplied the following particulars— (E.R. 5 of 2020)
(a) the name and quantity of the poison supplied;
(b) the date on which the poison was supplied;
(c) the name and address of the person to whom the poison was supplied; and
(d) the name of the person who supplied the poison or who gave the prescription upon which it was supplied.
(4) The container of the medicine shall be labelled—
(a) with a designation sufficient to identify the institution or veterinary institution from which it was supplied; and (L.N. 137 of 1978; 2 of 2015 s. 39)
(b) (Repealed 2 of 2015 s. 39)(c) in the case of a poison supplied from a veterinary institution, with the words “For animal treatment only 祇限醫治禽畜用”.
(5) The medicine shall be clearly labelled with instructions for use in either English or Chinese. (2 of 2015 s. 39)
(6) In the case of a medicine to which regulation 16 applies the requirements of that regulation shall be satisfied in addition to the requirements of this regulation.
(E.R. 3 of 2015)

### Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations 《藥劑業及毒藥規例》

23. Supply of medicines for use in institutions, etc.
(1) In any institution in which medicines are dispensed in a dispensing or pharmaceutical department in charge of a registered pharmacist or any other person approved by the Director of Health for that purpose, no medicine containing a poison shall be supplied from that department, except in cases of emergency, for use in the wards, operating theatres or other sections of the institution, except in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). (L.N. 76 of 1989)
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the medicines shall not be supplied except upon a written order signed by a duly registered medical practitioner, registered dentist, or by a person authorized to be in charge of a ward, theatre or other section of the institution.
(3) The container of the medicine shall be labelled with words describing its contents. (2 of 2015 s. 40)
(4) In the case of an emergency, a medicine containing a poison may be supplied without a written order if the person ordering the medicine undertakes to furnish a written order in respect of that medicine within the next 24 hours.

24. Storage of poisons in institutions
(1) In any institution in which medicines are dispensed in a dispensing or pharmaceutical department in the charge of a person appointed for the purpose, all poisons other than those issued for use within the institution shall be stored in that department.
(2) In any institution to which paragraph (1) does not apply all poisons other than those issued for use within the institution shall be stored—
(a) in the charge of a person appointed for the purpose by the governing body or person in control of the institution; and
(b) in the case of substances included in Schedule 1 either in a cupboard or drawer, or on a shelf, reserved for the storage of poisons. (2 of 2015 s. 41; E.R. 5 of 2020)
(3)-(4) (Repealed 2 of 2015 s. 41)(5) All places in which poisons are required by this regulation to be stored shall be inspected at regular intervals of time not exceeding three months by a registered pharmacist or registered medical practitioner appointed for the purpose by the governing body of the institution and a record of all inspections shall be made in a book kept at the institution.
(E.R. 3 of 2015)