(c)
a manufacturer of or wholesale dealer in pharmaceutical products for sale to any
person who may lawfully possess such substance;
(d)
a medical practitioner or dentist, who may—
(i)
prescribe such substance;
(ii)
compound or dispense such substance only if he or she is the holder of a licence as
contemplated in section 22C (1) (a);
(e)
a veterinarian who may prescribe, compound or dispense such substance;
(f)
a practitioner, a nurse or a person registered under the Health Professions Act, 1974,
other than a medical practitioner or dentist, who may—
(i)
prescribe only the Scheduled substances identified in the Schedule for that purpose;
(ii)
compound and dispense the Scheduled substances referred to in subparagraph (i)
only if he or she is the holder of a licence contemplated in section 22C (1) (a).
(6) Any sale under subsection (5) shall only take place on condition that—
(a)
all the prescribed particulars of every sale shall be recorded in the prescribed manner
in a prescription book or other permanent record required to be kept in the prescribed manner;
(b)
the authorised prescriber who has given verbal instructions to a pharmacist to
dispense a prescription shall within seven days after giving such instructions furnish such pharmacist
with a prescription confirming such instructions;
(c)
in the case of verbal instructions the treatment period shall not exceed seven days;
(d)
if a prescription is not presented for dispensing within 30 days of issue it shall not be
dispensed;
(e)
in the case of a Schedule 2 substance, such substance may not be supplied to any
person apparently under the age of 14 years except upon a prescription issued by an authorised
prescriber and dispensed by a pharmacist, pharmacist intern or pharmacist’s assistant or by a
veterinarian or a person who is the holder of a licence as contemplated in section 22C (1) (a), or on a
written order disclosing the purpose for which such substance is to be used and bears a signature
known to the seller as the signature of a person known to such seller and who is apparently over the
age of 14 years;
(f)
in the case of a Schedule 2, Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 substance, such sale may be
repeated if the person who issued the prescription has indicated thereon the number of times it may be
dispensed, but not for longer than six months;
(g)
in the case of a Schedule 5 substance, such sale shall not be repeated for longer than
six months, and then only if the authorised prescriber has indicated on the prescription the number of
times and the intervals at which it may be dispensed;
(h)
where a Schedule 5 substance is used for—
(i)
its anxiolytic, anti-depressant or tranquillising properties it shall not be prescribed for
longer than six months unless the authorised prescriber has consulted a registered psychiatrist, or, in
the case of a psychiatrist, another psychiatrist before issuing a new prescription;
(ii)
its analgesic properties it shall not be prescribed for longer than six months unless the
authorised prescriber has consulted another medical practitioner, before issuing a new prescription;
(i)
in the case of a Schedule 6 substance, it shall not be repeated without a new
prescription being issued;
( j)
in an emergency in which the health or life of a patient is at stake, a pharmacist
engaged in wholesale practice may, on receipt of a telephonic or telefaxed or other electronic request,
supply a Schedule 6 substance to a pharmacist, medical practitioner, dentist, veterinarian, practitioner,
nurse or other person registered under the Health Professions Act, 1974, without a written order:
Provided that—
(i)
it shall be the responsibility of such pharmacist, medical practitioner, dentist,
veterinarian, practitioner, nurse or other person to ensure that such pharmacist receives a written order
within seven days;
(ii)
the Schedule 6 substance shall be supplied in the smallest unit sales pack available;
(iii)
a permanent record is made and kept of such supply;
(k)
in an emergency a pharmacist may sell any Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 substance in a
quantity not greater than that required for continuous use for a period of 48 hours, on the verbal
instructions of a medical practitioner, dentist, veterinarian, practitioner, nurse or other person registered
under the Health Professions Act, 1974, who is known to such pharmacist, but the prescriber who has
given such verbal instructions shall within 72 hours after giving such instructions furnish to such
pharmacist a written prescription confirming the instructions;
(l)
in an emergency a pharmacist may sell a Schedule 2, Schedule 3 or Schedule 4
substance on a non-recurring basis for a period not exceeding 30 days in accordance with the original
prescription in order to ensure that therapy is not disrupted if he or she is satisfied that an authorised
prescriber initiated the therapy, with the intention that the therapy be continued, and that the particulars
of such sale are recorded in a prescription book or other prescribed permanent record;
(m)
a pharmacist may sell a greater or a lesser quantity of a Schedule 1, Schedule 2,
Schedule 3 or Schedule 4 substance than the quantity prescribed or ordered, according to the
therapeutic pack in the original container of such substance as supplied to him or her, but the quantity