Supply of Non-Medicinal Products Flashcards
Regulated substance and a reportable substance
is a substance that is included in schedule 1A of the poisons Act; if it is not in this list then not controlled under positions act 1972
-if it is not a poison, then it may be called as a chemical or medicinal product, depending on relevant regulations
Regulated substance definition
means a regulated explosives precursor or regulated poison
Regulated expolosives precursor
substance listen in Part 1 of Schedule 1 A of the act
Regulated poison
Substance listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1A of the act
Reportable substance definiton
reportable explosive precursor or reportable poison
reportable explosive precursor
listed in part 3 of Schedule 1A
Reportable poison
listen in Part 4 of schedule 1A
Part 1: Regulated Explosive Precursor Supply
-may be imported, exported, sold or supplied providing the person doing so has a home office licence
Part 2: Regulated Non-Medicinal Poisons supply
- Purchaser needs a home office licence
- can only be sold from a registered pharmacy or by supervision of pharmacist
Part 3 and 4
Part 4: can be sold from a pharmacy (without the need for supervision)
- Do not require purchaser to hold a home office licence
- Can be supplied if request is not suspicious and after considering whether more appropriate commercial alternative and sellers are available
Regulated Substances licensing
- Need a home office licence to purchase, Explosive precursor and poisons licence
- online application on gov website
- must provide identity, DOB and address
- need to include type and volume of substance with intended use
- may need a doctors report
- Checks are made by home office
- when purchasing, must provide EPP and photographic ID
- Licence valid for 3 years
Who does having a licence apply to?
- general public only
- business to business sales are exempt
- sales of substances restricted by law to professional users are exempt
What does the licence do?
- permits the holder to acquire and use chemicals listed on EPP licence
- Licence could provide terms and conditions about:
- storage
- use
- max quantities
- max levels of concentration
- reporting of disappearances or theft
Offences under the rules
It is an offence for a member of the general public to
- import into GB
- acquire
- posses and or
- use
a regulated substance without a valid EPP
What to do if asked for a regulated substance?
Before supplying to member of the public you must:
1) check the purchaser has a home office licence and associated photographic ID
2) Check to see if it is unaltered and in date
3) Check whether licence and photographic ID matches the purchaser
4) Check substance requested and total quantity match the details on licence ( are they able to use, store, posses the requested substance)
5) Record details of the transaction onto licence
6) Record details of transaction (Part 2 poisons only) in a poisons register