PART 2Accountable officers
Accountable officers to ensure relevant individuals receive appropriate training etc.13
1
An accountable officer must—
a
establish and operate, or ensure that his designated body establishes and operates; and
b
ensure that a body or person acting on behalf of, or providing services under arrangements made with, his designated body establishes and operates,
the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (2).
2
Those arrangements are appropriate arrangements to ensure that persons who are—
a
as regards the designated body, relevant individuals31; and
b
involved in prescribing, supplying, administering or disposing of controlled drugs,
receive, from time to time, appropriate training to carry out their responsibilities.
3
The accountable officer must liaise with his designated body to ensure that arrangements are in place for the relevant individuals referred to in paragraph (2)—
a
to receive information and, where appropriate, training on local standard operating procedures for controlled drugs when they first become involved in prescribing, supplying, administering or disposing of controlled drugs; and
b
to be informed when any local standard operating procedures for controlled drugs are subsequently reviewed or amended.