Further restriction on issue of antibiotics

(1) Subject to section 6, no antibiotic shall be issued to any person except on the prescription of a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon. (2) Every prescription referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall, (a) be in indelible writing or typescript and be signed by the person giving it with his usual signature in indelible writing and be dated by him; (b) specify the address of the person giving it; (c) specify the name and address of the person for whose treatment it is given or, if it is 9 given by a veterinary surgeon, of the person to whom the medicine is to be delivered; (d) have written or typed thereon, if given by a dentist, the words “for dental treatment only”, and, if given by a veterinary surgeon, the words “for animal treatment only”; (e) indicate the total quantity of the antibiotic to be supplied and the dose to be taken and shall not contain a direction for dispensing more than twice. (3) Every person dispensing any such prescription shall comply with the following requirements, (a) the prescription shall not be dispensed otherwise than in accordance with the prescription or more than once unless the prescription contains a direction in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection; (b) if the prescription contains a direction that it may be dispensed twice or at stated intervals, it shall not be dispensed otherwise than in accordance with such direction; (c) here must be noted on the prescription, at the time of dispensing, immediately above the signature of the person giving the prescription the name and address of the person supplying the antibiotic and the date on which the prescription is dispensed; (d) if the prescription may be again dispensed it shall, on the second time of dispensing, be retained for a period of two years by the person last dispensing it on the premises on 10 which it was last dispensed and be made available for inspection by any person authorised by or on behalf of the Committee.