PART 2Accountable officers
Monitoring and auditing of the management and use of controlled drugs: general duties12
1
An accountable officer (CDAO) of a provider body or a group of provider bodies must—
a
establish and operate; or
b
ensure that the provider body or each member of the group of provider bodies establishes and operates,
appropriate arrangements for monitoring and auditing the management and use of controlled drugs by the CDAO’s provider body or group of provider bodies.
2
A CDAO of a commissioning body or a group of commissioning bodies must—
a
establish and operate appropriate arrangements for monitoring and auditing the management and use of controlled drugs by any person or undertaking that provides the body or group with relevant services; and
b
ensure that any person or undertaking that provides the body or group with relevant services establishes and operates appropriate arrangements for monitoring and auditing the management and use of controlled drugs.
3
The arrangements mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) must include—
a
arrangements, as appropriate, for assessing and investigating concerns that are recorded under the systems mentioned in regulation 11(3)(b)(i); and
b
arrangements, as appropriate, for analysing and responding to incidents reported under the systems mentioned in regulation 11(3)(b)(ii),
having regard to any action that may already have been taken under the standard operating procedures mentioned in regulation 11(3)(c).