The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
PART 1Preliminary
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
PART 2Accountable officers
3Designated Bodies
4Appointment of Accountable Officers
5Persons who may be appointed as accountable officers
6Removal of accountable officers
7Funds and other resources available to accountable officers
8Accountable officers to have regard to best practice
9Accountable officers to secure the safe management and use of controlled drugs
10Accountable officers to ensure adequate destruction and disposal arrangements for controlled drugs
11Accountable officers to ensure monitoring and auditing of the management and use of controlled drugs by designated bodies etc.
12Powers to require declarations and self-assessments, as part of accountable officers’ monitoring and auditing arrangements or otherwise
13Accountable officers to ensure relevant individuals receive appropriate training etc.
14Accountable officers to monitor and audit the management and use of controlled drug by relevant individuals, and to monitor and assess their performance
15Accountable officers to maintain a record of concerns regarding relevant individuals
16Accountable officers to assess and investigate concerns
17Accountable officers to take appropriate action if there are well-founded concerns
18Arrangements for sharing information
PART 3Entering premises, periodic inspections etc.
19Accountable officers to carry out periodic inspections
20Relevant premises
21Inspections of private dwellings not requiring the presence of a constable
PART 4Co-operation between health bodies and other organisations
22Responsible bodies for the purposes of this Part
23Relevant persons
24General duty on responsible bodies to co-operate with each other as regards relevant persons
25Duty to co-operate by disclosing information as regards relevant persons
26Responsible bodies requesting additional information be disclosed about relevant persons
27Restrictions relating to disclosures
28Record keeping requirements relating to regulations 25 and 26
29Occurrence reports
30Accountable officers’ duties to protect the safety of patients and the general public
31Disclosure of information in good faith

2009 No. 225

Dangerous Drugs

The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made

Coming into Operation-

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 17, 18, 20(3) and (7) and 79(3) of the Health Act 20062.