Schedule 8 drug registers

Any person authorised to supply Schedule 8 medicines or Schedule 9 poisons must keep an accurate record of all inward and outward transactions.

These records must be kept in a Register that has been approved by the Department of Health.

Approved registers can be:

1. bound paper documents
2. electronic databases.

More details can be found in the Guidance Note: Approved Schedule 8 Registers (Word 381KB) in relation to:

• which paper Registers are approved, when each should be used and where to buy them
• commercial systems approved for use by health practitioners as an electronic Register.