Misuse of Drugs Regulations - Singapore Statutes Online

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

Treatment of drug addicts

19. A medical practitioner who attends to a person whom he considers or has reasonable grounds to suspect is a drug addict shall, within 7 days from the date of attendance, furnish to both the Director of Medical Services and the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau the following information relating to that person, through such means as may be specified by the Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau:

(a)

name;

(b)

identity card number;

(c)

sex;

(d)

age;

(e)

address;

(f)

the drug to which the person is believed to be addicted; and

(g)

the grounds on which the medical practitioner considers or has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person is a drug addict, which may include —

(i)	the frequency and dates the medical practitioner, or any other medical practitioner working in the same hospital as him, has attended to the person;
(ii)	the physical symptoms of the person; and
(iii)	the amount and types of prescriptions requested by, or provided to, the person at the hospital in which the medical practitioner works. [S 525/2010 wef 20/09/2010]

Storage of controlled drugs

20.—(1) All stocks of controlled drugs, except those specified in the First Schedule shall be kept under lock and key in the dispensary or in any other premises under the control of a pharmacist or of the person authorised to supply controlled drugs under these Regulations.

(2) The keys shall at all times be in the personal possession of the pharmacist or of the authorised person.

(3) Stocks of controlled drugs for use in a ward, theatre or department of a hospital shall be under the control of the nurse in charge of that ward, theatre or department.

(4) The keys shall at all times be in the personal possession of the nurse.

(5) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

Appointment of inspectors

21.—(1) The Minister may appoint such persons as he thinks fit by name or office to be inspectors for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) An inspector may —

(a)	at all reasonable times enter upon any premises in which he reasonably believes controlled drugs are kept or stored; and
(b)	with such assistance as he considers necessary, inspect stocks of controlled drugs held in the premises, take abstracts of and take possession of records and documents relating to purchases, sales and supply of controlled drugs from the premises.

Inspector may purchase sample

22.—(1) An inspector may purchase any article advertised for sale or offered or exposed for sale, which he knows or has reason to believe to consist of or contain any controlled drug.

(2) The person in possession or charge of the article mentioned in paragraph (1) shall supply that article to the inspector and shall not charge more than the advertised or a reasonable price therefor.

(3) An inspector making any such purchase may —

(a)	select the actual case, bottle or package which he requires; or
(b)	demand to be served from any receptacle pointed out by him,

and the person in possession or charge shall comply with such requirement or demand.

(4) An inspector purchasing any article with the intention of submitting that article to analysis shall immediately on completion of the purchase —

(a)	notify the seller or his agent selling the article his intention to have the article analysed;
(b)	divide the article into 3 parts;
(c)	mark and seal or fasten up each one of the parts in such manner as its nature will permit;
(d)	deliver one of the parts to the seller or his agent and another to the Health Sciences Authority for analysis; and [S 140/2001 wef 01/04/2001]
(e)	retain the third part for comparison.

(5) Any person who, without any reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

Inspection of weights and measures

23.—(1) Any inspector may, at all reasonable times, inspect all weights, measures and instruments for weighing used by or in the possession of any person for use for weighing a controlled drug.

(2) Any person who on demand made by an inspector —

(a)	neglects or refuses to produce for inspection any such weights, measures or instruments for weighing used by him or in his possession or on his premises; or
(b)	refuses to permit the inspector to examine or remove for examination the weights, measures or instruments,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Penalties for supplying false information

24.—(1) Any person who wilfully supplies false information as to any particulars required to be entered in any register under these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

(2) Any person who enters in any register required to be kept under these Regulations false information as to any particulars prescribed to be entered knowing the same to be false or not believing it to be true shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

Making false document

25. Any person who —

(a)	makes a false document for the purpose of obtaining any controlled drug from any authorised person; or
(b)	uses as genuine such a false document knowing or having reason to believe it to be false,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

False declaration or statement

26. Any person who —

(a)	for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or for any other person, the issue, grant or renewal of any licence under these Regulations, makes any declaration or statement which is false in any material particular; or
(b)	knowingly utters, produces, or makes use of any such declaration or statement or any document containing the declaration or statement,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

General penalty

27. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and, if no specific penalty has been provided for the offence, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Destruction of controlled drugs

28.—(1) No person who is required by any provision of, or by any term or condition of a licence having effect under, these Regulations to keep records with respect to a drug specified in the Second or Fourth Schedule shall destroy such a drug or cause the drug to be destroyed except in the presence of and in accordance with any directions given by an inspector or such other person as the Minister may authorise.

(2) Where a drug is destroyed under paragraph (1) by or at the instance of a person who is required by any provision of, or by any term or condition of a licence having effect under, these Regulations to keep a record in respect of the obtaining or supply of that drug, that record shall —

(a)	include particulars of the date of destruction and the quantity destroyed; and
(b)	be signed by the inspector or authorised person in whose presence the drug is destroyed.

(3) Where the master of a ship has in his possession a drug specified in the Second and Third Schedules which he no longer requires, he shall not destroy the drug or cause it to be destroyed but shall dispose of it to an inspector.

Withdrawal of authorisation

29. Where a practitioner or a pharmacist —

(a)	has been convicted of an offence under the Act or under these Regulations; or
(b)	has been prescribing, administering or supplying a controlled drug in a manner which appears to the Minister to be irresponsible,

the Minister may, by order, direct that the practitioner or pharmacist shall cease to have any authority under Part II to manufacture, possess, prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs and the order shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Regulations.

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