2210
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

(b) The main register shall be balanced monthly and the various
surplus quantities carried forward.
(c) In the case of a dangerous drug taken from the main stock for
conversion by the dispenser into a preparation an appropriate
entry shall at the time when it is so taken be made in
column 1 on the “issues” side of the main register and made
in a book to be called the “Manufacture Book,” and the
recording procedure for showing in the Manufacture Book
receipts and issues of such manufactured preparation to
wards shall be the same as herein provided for the issue of
supplies in unaltered form as recorded in the main register.
(d) In the case of a dangerous drug taken from the main stock for
issue to wards an appropriate entry shall at the time when
it is so taken be made in the main register.
(e) Issues to wards shall be sufficient only for the estimated require-
ments of the ward concerned for not more than seven days
ahead.
(f) Entries on the disposal side of Ward Books shall be made
immediately following the administration of the drug
concerned.
(g) Each Ward Book shall be kept and posted by the Ward Sister
or person in charge of the ward, and the Medical Superintend-
ent shall supervise the duties of such person in relation
hereto.
(h) The Ward Book shall at all times show on the “receipts”
side entries in the columns numbered respectively (1), (2),
and (3) corresponding to entries made on the “issues”
side of the main register in the columns numbered (2), (3),
and (4). The said entries shall be made first in the main
register and immediately afterwards in the Ward Book
concerned, and the entries in both cases shall be legibly
initialed by both the person receiving and the person issuing
the relative drugs; such persons respectively being expressly
authorized by the Medical Superintendent so to receive or
issue the said drugs.
(j) The Ward Book shall be checked and compared with any surplus
on hand once every week jointly by the person in charge
of the ward and the Medical Superintendent, or the Matron
as deputy for the Medical Superintendent, and the Super-
intendent or Matron shall signify by initialing and entering
the date that the checking has been done as herein required.
(k) Suitable locked containers shall be provided for the custody
of the main stocks of dangerous drugs; and any portion
of the stock on issue to a ward shall, except when required
for administration, be kept in a suitable locked container
the key of which is kept in the personal custody of the
registered nurse for the time being in charge of the ward.
(11) Clauses (3), (5), and (6) of this regulation shall apply to every
person to whom clauses (9) and (10) hereof apply and to the records
kept by such person.

Part IV.—Wholesale Dealers.

(12) (a) For the purposes of this clause “wholesale dealer” means
a licensee who in the regular course of his business disposes of dangerous
drugs to practitioners, hospitals, laboratories, and to other licensees
who acquire such drugs for the purpose of re-sale, whether or not the
licensee also disposes of dangerous drugs in any other manner or to
any other class of persons.
(b) Every wholesale dealer shall prepare in duplicate a return in
the form numbered 8 in the First Schedule showing the information
indicated in the said form.
(c) Every wholesale dealer shall within seven days after the close
of each calendar month forward to the Director-General in the manner
set out in the note appended to the said form numbered 8 one of his
copies of the said return comprising all dispositions (whether by
wholesale or otherwise) of dangerous drugs effected at the premises
of such wholesale dealer during such calendar month and verified
by the signature of the wholesale dealer or his servant authorized in
that behalf.
(13) Clauses (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this regulation shall apply to
every person to whom clause (12) hereof applies and to the records
kept by such person.