11.4 Storage of medicines
Safe storage of medical equipment, medicines and pharmaceutical products.
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The Medicines Act 1981 – Section 47 states:
- No person who is in possession or in charge of any prescription medicine or restricted medicine shall put it:
- In any cupboard, box, shelf, or other place of storage in which articles of food or drink are stored or kept for ready use.
- In any place to which young children or unauthorised persons have ready access.
- No person shall pack any medicine, or prepare it for use, in any room, or on any table or bench, that is used for the purpose of packing, preparing, or consuming any food or drink.
- Except as otherwise provided in any regulations made under this Act, no person who is in possession, for the purposes of any business, of a prescription medicine or a restricted medicine that is kept for the time being within any building or vehicle shall leave that building or vehicle unattended, unless they have taken all reasonable steps to secure that building or vehicle, or the part of it in which the medicine is kept, against unlawful entry.